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Year 4 English — Kinds of nouns

Tell common, proper, collective and abstract nouns apart.

Name: ________________________

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

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

  2. 2.Which word is a proper noun?

    • a) country
    • b) river
    • c) teacher
    • d) Tuesday

  3. 3.Sort each word: does it name one single thing, or a whole group of them?

    Groups: One thing · A group

    • team
    • bee
    • player
    • crew
    • swarm
    • sailor

  4. 4.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.

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

    Groups: Can be touched · Cannot be touched

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

  6. 6.Which word is a collective noun?

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

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

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

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

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

Answer key — Year 4 English — Kinds of nouns

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