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Year 6 English — Kinds of nouns and pronouns

Sort a noun into its kind, and choose the pronoun that stands in for a noun.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Which sentence uses a reflexive pronoun?

    • a) She made the card with them.
    • b) She cut herself on the paper.
    • c) She made the card yesterday.
    • d) She made the card for her.

  2. 2.One of these is printed wrongly, because it is a proper noun and needs a capital letter. Which one?

    • a) december
    • b) teacher
    • c) month
    • d) school

  3. 3.Which word is a collective noun?

    • a) sheep
    • b) field
    • c) flock
    • d) shepherd

  4. 4.Write the abstract noun made from the adjective "kind".

  5. 5.Sort each noun by its kind.

    Groups: Common noun · Proper noun · Abstract noun

    • Tuesday
    • river
    • teacher
    • courage
    • Africa
    • honesty

  6. 6.Match each collective noun to what it names a group of.

    • a flock
    • a bunch
    • a fleet
    • a swarm
    • a bundle
    • birds
    • sticks
    • bees
    • grapes
    • ships

  7. 7.Which noun in this sentence names something you cannot touch? "The old teacher spoke of freedom in a quiet room."

    • a) room
    • b) spoke
    • c) teacher
    • d) freedom

  8. 8.Sort each pronoun by its kind.

    Groups: Personal · Possessive · Reflexive

    • ourselves
    • yourself
    • theirs
    • ours
    • them
    • him

Answer key — Year 6 English — Kinds of nouns and pronouns

  1. 1. b) She cut herself on the paper.
  2. 2. a) december
  3. 3. c) flock
  4. 4. kindness
  5. 5. river → Common noun; Tuesday → Proper noun; honesty → Abstract noun; teacher → Common noun; Africa → Proper noun; courage → Abstract noun
  6. 6. a flock → birds; a bunch → grapes; a fleet → ships; a swarm → bees; a bundle → sticks
  7. 7. d) freedom
  8. 8. them → Personal; ours → Possessive; yourself → Reflexive; him → Personal; theirs → Possessive; ourselves → Reflexive