Pupil Exercises – NOUNS
1 Underline the proper nouns that require a capital first letter:
jenny is going to france in november with her dad. They will travel to paris by train.
In england, in springtime, we usually have rain. However, in march this year it has been sunny.
2 Underline the common nouns in this sentence:
There is a blue box full of presents in Jim’s new car, and a pair of shoes under the front seat. Can
you fetch them and put them in the kitchen, please?
3 Complete the following collective nouns:
A ________ of deer
A ________ of lions
A ________ of birds
A ________ of whales
4 Change the following adjectives into abstract nouns:
Bob is a kind man.
He shows his __________ by helping people.
Jill is angry.
She is taking her ________ out on the ball.
Sam is a generous person.
________________ is a character trait that
many people like.
Ellie is frustrated because she can’t do her
maths.
That ______________ sometimes causes her
to get upset.
5 Write the plurals for the following nouns:
goose
potato
fox
wheat
volcano
music
Pupil Exercises – NOUNS
6 Underline all the nouns in the following passage. Then, below the passage, list the nouns under
four headings: common, proper, collective and abstract.
One evening, Meg was with a group of children playing in the park. She was
idly watching a pair of swans swimming gracefully on the lake. Suddenly, she
saw a fox which was slinking through the undergrowth. It was making for the
swans’ nest, in which there were four baby cygnets.
‘Oh no!’ she thought. ‘What if it kills the babies?’ She turned and called out to
her friends, ‘Tom, Connie! Look, there’s a fox!’
The children rushed towards the fox, but the male swan, with great bravery,
had already paddled quickly towards the fox. It stood in the water, flapped its
wings furiously, and hissed loudly, driving the fox away.
‘Wow!’ exclaimed Tom, looking at the angry swan. ‘I had no idea that swans
could show such anger or courage. That is a really impressive bird.’
Common
Proper
Collective
Abstract