Created by Colin Shea

A noun is a word
that names a:
person
place
thing
idea

Hmmm------Common
Noun
A noun that names
any:
person
place
thing
idea

Proper Noun
Happy Valley
A noun that names
Church
Timmy
a specific:
person
Mr. Gattis Pizza
place
thing
idea
Newtons Theory of Gravity

Singular Noun
A
noun
that
names
This job could be dangerous!
one:
person
place
thing
idea

Plural Noun
A noun that names
more than one:
person
place
thing
idea

Collective Noun
A noun that names
a group of:
people
things

Possessive Noun
A noun that
showns ownership
or possession.

Can you identify

the type of noun
in each of these
sentences? Click
the correct answer.

Bobby walked to the

store late yesterday. What
type of noun is store?
Proper noun
Plural noun
Common noun

That is incorrect! You

have Noun Madness!
Madness
Try again.

That is correct!

The committee met at

noon. What type of noun
is committee ?
Proper noun
Collective noun
Common noun

That is incorrect! You

have Noun Madness!
Madness
Try again.

That is correct!

We went to North
Carolina.
Carolina What type of
noun is North Carolina?
Proper noun
Plural noun
Common noun

That is incorrect! You

have Noun Madness!
Madness
Try again.

That is correct!

Mr. Johnson carried in

the heavy boxes.
boxes What
type of noun is boxes?
Proper noun
Plural noun
Common noun

That is incorrect! You

have Noun Madness!
Madness
Try again.

That is correct!

He read only one book

last week. What type of
noun is book ?
Singular noun
Plural noun
Common noun

That is incorrect! You

have Noun Madness!
Madness
Try again.

That is correct!

Sherrys book was very

interesting. What type of
noun is Sherrys?
Possessive noun
Plural noun
Collective noun

That is incorrect! You

have Noun Madness!
Madness
Try again.

That is correct!

The team has a game on

Saturday. What type of
noun is team?
Proper noun
Collective noun
Plural noun

That is incorrect! You

have Noun Madness!
Madness
Try again.

That is correct!

Everyone liked Mr.

Frances dog. What type
of noun is Mr. Frances ?
Proper noun
Plural noun
Possessive noun

That is incorrect! You

have Noun Madness!
Madness
Try again.

That is incorrect! You

have Noun Madness!
Madness
(but actually it could be
proper).

That is correct!

Click on the proper

noun(s) in this sentence.
Everyone in Mrs. Ganns
bus was late for school on
Monday.
Monday

That is incorrect! You

have Noun Madness!
Madness
The words, Mrs. Ganns
are possessive nouns.
Try again.

That is incorrect! You

have Noun Madness!
Madness
The word school is a
common noun. Try again.

That is incorrect! You

have Noun Madness!
Madness The
word Everyone is a
collective noun. Try
again.

That is incorrect! You

have Noun Madness!
Madness The
word bus is a common
noun. Try again.

That is correct! Monday

is the name of a specific
noun.

You have survived Noun

Madness!
If you need more
practice, try this again.