Quiz week 1 & 2 practice

1. Name ____________________________________ Date ___________________
Mrs. Labuski Nouns Quiz Practice
Match the term with the definition. Write the correct letter on the line.
See p. 2, 4, 6, 9 in do-now packet
______1. Abstract Nouns
______2. Collective Nouns
______3. Common Noun
______4. Concrete Nouns
______5. Plural Nouns
______6. Possessive Nouns
______7. Proper Nouns
______8. Singular
a. Names a group of persons or things. It is singular
in form, but plural in meaning.
b. Names a person, place, or thing that exists in the
physical world.
c. Names a specific person, place, or thing. Always
gets capitalized.
d. Names any one of a group of people, places, or
things.
e. Names ideas and feelings that can’t be seen, heard,
or touched.
f. Names more than one person, place, or thing.
Does not use an apostrophe s.
g. Names one person, place, or thing.
h. Nouns that show ownership. Uses an apostrophe s.
Plural Rules. Match the spelling of the word to the plural rule.
See page 3& 9 in do-now packet
Some rules will be used more than once.
A. Add –s
B. Add –es
C. Change the y to i and add –es
D. Change to v and add –es
E. For some add –s for others add –es
______1. For most nouns
______2. For most nouns that end with a vowel plus o
______3. For most nouns that end with f or fe
______4. For nouns that end with a consonant plus y
______5. For nouns that end with a vowel plus y
______6. For nouns that end with x, z, ch, sh, s, or ss
______7. For some nouns that end in a consonant plus o
______8. For some nouns that end in f and to all nouns that end in ff
Possessive Noun Rules See page 17 in do-now packet

2. Some rules will be used more than once.
A. Add ‘s
B. Add only an apostrophe
______1. To for the possessive of most singular nouns
______2. To form the possessive of plural nouns ending in s.
______3. To form the possessive of plural nouns that do not end in s.
Underline the correct noun.
1. How funny the two (boys, boy’s, boys’) smiles were as they opened the boxes!
2. The (churches, church’s, churches’) door is made of thick wood.
3. Our (classes, class’s, classes’) field trip is next Thursday.
4. I’d like to have a pen like (Michelle’s, Michelles, Michelles’).
5. The (children’s, childrens, childrens’) cries were getting louder.
6. The young (ladies, lady’s, ladies’) dress was dirty.
7. A (wolves, wolf’s, wolves’) cry broke the silence.
Underline the collective noun. See page 26 & 27 in do-now packet
1. The Boy Scout troop went camping this weekend.
2. The herd was returning to the farm.
3. The jury has reached a decision.
Underline the correct verb or pronoun.
1. The audience is saving (its, their) applause for the end.
2. The critics praised the cast because (it, they) all performed with so much energy.
3. The whole school (has, have) cast their votes in the election.
Read the story below and answer the questions that follow.

3. Once a man named Tom was walking along a beach. The sun was shining and it was a
beautiful summer day. Off in the distance he could see a person going back and forth between
the surf's edge and the beach. Back and forth this person went. As the man approached he could
see that there were hundreds of starfish stranded on the sand as the result of the natural action
of the tide.
The man was stuck by the apparent futility of the task. There were far too many starfish. Many
of them were sure to perish. As he approached, the person continued the task of picking up the
starfish one by one and throwing them into the surf.
As he came up to the person he said, "You must be crazy. There are thousands of miles of
beach covered with starfish. You can't possibly make a difference." The person looked at the
man. He then stooped down and pick up one more starfish and threw it back into the ocean. He
turned back to the man and said, "It sure made a difference to that one!"
Identify each of the following words as either:
A. concrete noun
B. abstract noun
C. proper noun
D. none of the above
_______1. man
_______2. Tom
_______3. summer
_______4. day
_______5. sand
_______6. task
_______7. surf
_______8. miles
Name _Key___________________________________ Date ___________________
Mrs. Labuski Nouns Quiz Practice

4. Match the term with the definition. Write the correct letter on the line. See p. 2, 4, 6 9 in do-
now packet
______1. Abstract Nouns e
______2. Collective Nouns a
______3. Common Noun g
______4. Concrete Nouns b
______5. Plural Nouns f
______6. Possessive Nouns h
______7. Proper Nouns c
______8. Singular d
a. Names a group of persons or things. It is singular in
form, but plural in meaning.
b. Names a person, place, or thing that exists in the
physical world.
c. Names a specific person, place, or thing. Always
gets capitalized.
d. Names any one of a group of people, places, or
things.
e. Names ideas and feelings that can’t be seen, heard, or
touched.
f. Names more than one person, place, or thing. Does
not use an apostrophe s.
g. Names one person, place, or thing.
h. Nouns that show ownership. Uses an apostrophe s.
Plural Rules. Match the spelling of the word to the plural rule. See page 3& 9 in do-now packet
Some rules will be used more than once.
A. Add –s
B. Add –es
C. Change the y to i and add –es
D. Change to v and add –es
E. For some add –s for others add –es
______1. For most nouns A
______2. For most nouns that end with a vowel plus o A
______3. For most nouns that end with f or fe D
______4. For nouns that end with a consonant plus y C
______5. For nouns that end with a vowel plus y A
______6. For nouns that end with x, z, ch, sh, s, or ss B
______7. For some nouns that end in a consonant plus o E
______8. For some nouns that end in f and to all nouns that end in ff A
Possessive Noun Rules . See page 17 in do-now packet
Some rules will be used more than once.
A. Add ‘s

5. B. Add only an apostrophe
______1. To for the possessive of most singular nouns A
______2. To form the possessive of plural nouns ending in s. B
______3. To form the possessive of plural nouns that do not end in s. A
Underline the correct noun.
1. How funny the two (boys, boy’s, boys’) smiles were as they opened the boxes!
2. The (churches, church’s, churches’) door is made of thick wood.
3. Our (classes, class’s, classes’) field trip is next Thursday.
4. I’d like to have a pen like (Michelle’s, Michelles, Michelles’).
5. The (children’s, childrens, childrens’) cries were getting louder.
6. The young (ladies, lady’s, ladies’) dress was dirty.
7. A (wolves, wolf’s, wolves’) cry broke the silence.
Underline the collective noun. See page 26 & 27 in do-now packet
1. The Boy Scout troop went camping this weekend.
2. The herd was returning to the farm.
3. The jury has reached a decision.
Underline the correct verb or pronoun.
1. The audience is saving (its, their) applause for the end.
2. The critics praised the cast because (it, they) all performed with so much energy.
3. The whole school (has, have) cast their votes in the election.
Read the story below and answer the questions that follow.

6. Once a man named Tom was walking along a beach. The sun was shining and it was a
beautiful summer day. Off in the distance he could see a person going back and forth between
the surf's edge and the beach. Back and forth this person went. As the man approached he could
see that there were hundreds of starfish stranded on the sand as the result of the natural action
of the tide.
The man was stuck by the apparent futility of the task. There were far too many starfish. Many
of them were sure to perish. As he approached, the person continued the task of picking up the
starfish one by one and throwing them into the surf.
As he came up to the person he said, "You must be crazy. There are thousands of miles of
beach covered with starfish. You can't possibly make a difference." The person looked at the
man. He then stooped down and pick up one more starfish and threw it back into the ocean. He
turned back to the man and said, "It sure made a difference to that one!"
Identify each of the following words as either:
A. concrete noun
B. abstract noun
C. proper noun
D. none of the above
_______1. man A
_______2. Tom C
_______3. summer D (in this paragraph is it used as an adjective)
_______4. day B
_______5. sand A
_______6. task B
_______7. surf A
_______8. miles B

7. Once a man named Tom was walking along a beach. The sun was shining and it was a
beautiful summer day. Off in the distance he could see a person going back and forth between
the surf's edge and the beach. Back and forth this person went. As the man approached he could
see that there were hundreds of starfish stranded on the sand as the result of the natural action
of the tide.
The man was stuck by the apparent futility of the task. There were far too many starfish. Many
of them were sure to perish. As he approached, the person continued the task of picking up the
starfish one by one and throwing them into the surf.
As he came up to the person he said, "You must be crazy. There are thousands of miles of
beach covered with starfish. You can't possibly make a difference." The person looked at the
man. He then stooped down and pick up one more starfish and threw it back into the ocean. He
turned back to the man and said, "It sure made a difference to that one!"
Identify each of the following words as either:
A. concrete noun
B. abstract noun
C. proper noun
D. none of the above
_______1. man A
_______2. Tom C
_______3. summer D (in this paragraph is it used as an adjective)
_______4. day B
_______5. sand A
_______6. task B
_______7. surf A
_______8. miles B