Noun Study Guide

Identify the type of noun that is underlined: Abstract, Collective, Common, Proper or

Possessive

1. Hull House helped the victims of poverty and sickness.__________

2. Mrs. Short is my Language Arts teacher.__________

3. I had to go out to the farm and feed the flock of sheep. __________

4. Jan went over to Becky’s pool to swim.__________

5. Did you go to the football games over the weekend? __________

Underline all the nouns in each sentence:

1. A school, a clinic, and a gym were built yesterday.

2. People came to Chicago from other countries to see the new buildings.

3. Helen Keller dreamed of libraries for blind people.

4. Braille invented a system using lots of dots.

5. Some businesses used this type of writing.

Identify the noun as an S for singular and a P for plural:

day

children

woman

people

cat

historian

books

tomatoes

sheep

Define the following nouns:

Collective-

Abstract-

Common-

Proper-

Singular-

Plural-

Possessive-

Make the following nouns possessive by adding apostrophes:

A poets desk

Ten poets desk

A womans talent

The childrens book

Chriss pen

Make the following nouns plural:

family _______________

toy _______________

cry _______________

wish _______________

business _______________

church _______________

hero _______________

knife _______________