Nouns

Question 1

Common Noun

Answer 1

The name of something you can see or touch - Eg, Dog, Hat or Apple

Question 2

Proper Noun

Answer 2

Name of a person, place or thing - Eg, Matilda, Christchurch or Sydney Opera House

Question 3

Collective Noun

Answer 3

A name given to a group of persons or things - Eg, Team, Herd or Litter

Question 4

Abstract Noun

Answer 4

Something you feel - Eg, Hope, Sadness or Joy

Question 5

Concrete Nouns

Answer 5

Something you can see or touch - Eg, Tree, hat or nose

Question 6

Technical Noun

Answer 6

A specific area or topic - Eg, Galaxy, Oxygen and fraction

Question 7

Terms-of-address Noun

Answer 7

When we are talking or writing to someone - Eg, Mrs Lawson, Your Honour and Sir

Question 8

Count or countable Nouns

Answer 8

A noun that can be counted Eg, Dolphins, apples and pillows

Question 9

Non-countable Nouns

Answer 9

A noun that cannot be counted - Eg, Fun, Homework and traffic

Question 10

Verbal Nouns

Answer 10

A verb ending in ing that is used as a noun - Eg, Running, eating and dancing

Question 11

Modal Nouns

Answer 11

A degree of possibility, certainty or obligation - Eg, Probability, necessity and chance

Question 12

Compound Noun

Answer 12

A noun made of two words - Eg, Teabag, Snowman and bookshelf

Question 13

Noun phrase

Answer 13

A noun phrase is a phrase that does the work of a noun - Eg, Eating apples, going fishing and playing tennis

Question 14

Pronoun

Answer 14

Personal noun - Eg, She, I and her

Question 15

Noun Clause

Answer 15

A noun clause does the work of a noun and contains a subject and a verb but does not make sense on its own - Eg, What I saw at the movies… was scary

Question 16

Three types of pronouns

Answer 16

First person (I, me and mine) Second person (You, yours) and Third person (He, she and it)

Question 17

Personal pronouns

Answer 17

People, Places, things and ideas

Answer 18

Ask who or what after the verb