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Year 5 English — Kinds of nouns

Tell common, proper, collective and abstract nouns apart.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Sort each noun by whether the thing it names can be touched.

    Groups: Can be touched · Cannot be touched

    • courage
    • stone
    • kindness
    • bicycle
    • anger
    • table

  2. 2.Which word names something you cannot see or touch?

    • a) bottle
    • b) chair
    • c) door
    • d) honesty

  3. 3.Which word is a collective noun?

    • a) bird
    • b) nest
    • c) flock
    • d) feather

  4. 4.Match each group word to what it names a group of.

    • a flock
    • a swarm
    • a fleet
    • a bunch
    • a herd
    • a shoal
    • cattle
    • bees
    • grapes
    • fish
    • ships
    • birds

  5. 5.In "The crowd cheered loudly", which word is a collective noun?

    • a) cheered
    • b) loudly
    • c) The
    • d) crowd

  6. 6.Write the noun made from the adjective "strong". It names the quality itself.

  7. 7.Which sentence uses capital letters correctly?

    • a) My friend Anna comes on Tuesday.
    • b) My Friend Anna comes on tuesday.
    • c) my friend anna comes on tuesday.
    • d) my friend Anna comes on Tuesday.

  8. 8.Write the noun made from the adjective "kind". It names the quality itself, not a person.

Answer key — Year 5 English — Kinds of nouns

  1. 1. table → Can be touched; courage → Cannot be touched; stone → Can be touched; kindness → Cannot be touched; bicycle → Can be touched; anger → Cannot be touched
  2. 2. d) honesty
  3. 3. c) flock
  4. 4. a flock → birds; a swarm → bees; a fleet → ships; a bunch → grapes; a herd → cattle; a shoal → fish
  5. 5. d) crowd
  6. 6. strength
  7. 7. a) My friend Anna comes on Tuesday.
  8. 8. kindness