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Grade 2 English Language Arts — Kinds of nouns

Tell common, proper, collective and abstract nouns apart.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Which word is a collective noun?

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

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

    Groups: Can be touched · Cannot be touched

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

  3. 3.Which word is a proper noun?

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

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

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

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

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

    Groups: One thing · A group

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

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

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

  8. 8.Sort each word: does it name any one of its kind, or one particular person, place or thing?

    Groups: Common noun · Proper noun

    • Monday
    • river
    • city
    • January
    • girl
    • Everest

Answer key — Grade 2 English Language Arts — Kinds of nouns

  1. 1. d) flock
  2. 2. table → Can be touched; courage → Cannot be touched; stone → Can be touched; kindness → Cannot be touched; bicycle → Can be touched; anger → Cannot be touched
  3. 3. a) Tuesday
  4. 4. kindness
  5. 5. c) honesty
  6. 6. player → One thing; team → A group; sailor → One thing; crew → A group; bee → One thing; swarm → A group
  7. 7. b) crowd
  8. 8. city → Common noun; Monday → Proper noun; river → Common noun; January → Proper noun; girl → Common noun; Everest → Proper noun