Name: _____________________________

Nouns
Directions: determine whether each noun is common or proper; and singular, plural or possessive;
and concrete or abstract. Write your answers on the appropriate lines.

1. cars ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

2. holiday ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

3. Las Vegas ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

4. Byron’s ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

5. books ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

6. babies’ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

7. hope ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

8. pepperoni pizza ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

9. Chicago River ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

10. doctors ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

11. safety ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

12. encyclopedia ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

13. Ford Taurus ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

14. Gina Davis’s ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

15. Holes ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?
16. mice ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

17. kindness ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

18. Big Macs ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

19. Christmas ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

20. danger ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

21. Illinois ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

22. Bugs Bunny ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

23. colleges’ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

24. wind ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

25. West ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

26. sadness ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

27. germs ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

28. chess ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

29. Iceland ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

30. loneliness’s ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

31. owls’ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?

32. children ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

common or proper? singular, plural, or possessive? concrete or abstract?