NAME _____________________ CLASS ___________ DATE ________
for CHAPTER 2: PARTS OF SPEECH OVERVIEW pages 72–75
Kinds of Nouns
2c.
2d.
A common noun names any one of a group of persons, places,
things, or ideas.
A proper noun names a particular person, place, thing, or idea.
COMMON books
2e.
2f.
A concrete noun names a person, place, or thing that can be
perceived by one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, taste,
touch, and smell).
An abstract noun names an idea, a feeling, a quality, or a
characteristic.
CONCRETE money
2g.
2b.
PROPER Library of Congress
ABSTRACT generosity
A collective noun is a word that names a group.
A compound noun is made up of two or more words used together
as a single noun.
COLLECTIVE flock, crew, Congress COMPOUND
baseball, World
Series
EXERCISE A Identify each of the following nouns. On the line provided,
write COM for common noun or PRO for proper noun. Then, write CON for
concrete noun or ABS for abstract noun.
Example COM, ABS
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1. honesty
Philadelphia
wisdom
Potomac River
freedom
airport
Thomas Jefferson
federalism
eagle
First Continental Congress
independence
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EXERCISE B Identify each of the following nouns. On the line provided,
write COLL for collective noun or COMP for compound noun. Hint: One
noun is both collective and compound.
Example
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COMP 1. space shuttle
sister-in-law
family
Lake Ontario
houseboat
team
Super Bowl
Gulf of Mexico
self-respect
audience
Boston Pops Orchestra
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