Grade 6 Primary English – Classes Of Nouns Quiz

1. What is a noun?

It is a word used to identify people, places and things
Word used to describe people, places and things
They are words that tell what a person is doing
Words that describe the how something is done
Explanation:

2. Nouns that cannot be sewn or touched are called?

Concrete nouns
Intangible nouns
Common nouns
Abstract nouns
Explanation:

3. Identify an abstract noun

House
Road
Food
Kindness
Explanation:

4. Identify an abstract noun in the sentence; He showed kindness to the street children

Street children
Showed
He
Kindness
Explanation:

5. ___ are nouns that we can see and touch

Tangible
Pronouns
Abstract
Concrete
Explanation:

6. Identify the abstract and concrete nouns respectively I will not attend the wedding since I will be in school

School, wedding
Wedding, school
I
Attend
Explanation:

7. Choose the right abstract noun; The teacher gave us a good___during the meeting

Advised
Advice
Advise
Advisable
Explanation:

8. Identify the abstract noun; Everyone was amazed by the wisdom displayed by the old man

Old man
Old man
Everyone
Wisdom
Explanation:

9. Derive abstract noun from: Kind

Kindly
Kinder
Kindness
In kind
Explanation:

10. Derive abstract noun from: Wise

Wisest
Wisely
Wisdom
Wiser
Explanation:

11. Derive abstract noun from: Good

Goodness
Godly
Better
Best
Explanation:

12. Construct abstract noun from; friend

Friendship
best friend
friendly
unfriend
Explanation:

13. Identify abstract noun Honesty is a core value in our school

value
honesty
core
school
Explanation:

14. Construct abstract noun from; Hate

hater
hated
hatred
hurting
Explanation:

15. Identify abstract noun: Their dog felt a lot of fear when the neighbor released his dogs

dog
a lot
neighbor
fear
Explanation:

16. Identify the abstract noun; Loyalty is a great virtue among friends

friends
great
Loyalty
virtue
Explanation:

17. Construct abstract noun from; Curious

uncurious
curiosity
very curious
curiously
Explanation:

18. Which of the following is not an abstract noun?

hatred
happiness
kindness
Gossip
Explanation:

19. Construct abstract noun from; angry

anger
more angry
very angry
angrily
Explanation:

20. Which abstract Noun can be formed from the verb worry?

Worried
Worrisome
Very worried
Worrier
Explanation:

21. All of the following are abstract nouns except one

cerebration
milk
kindness
wedding
Explanation:

22. Concrete nouns include the following except

hate
food
house
money
Explanation:

23. Choose the right abstract noun to fill in the space. It is my ____ to work hard

principle
principality
principal
princes
Explanation:

24. Fill the blank spaces with the correct noun. I love apples because they are

sweet
sweeted
sweated
sweetness
Explanation:

25. Fill the blank spaces with the correct noun. Most teenagers want

freeness
freely
free
freedom
Explanation:

26. What type of noun is the word 'elephant'?

Material noun
Common noun
Abstract noun
Proper noun
Explanation:

The word 'elephant' is a common noun as it refers to a general class of objects.

27. Which type of noun is the word 'Kenya'?

Collective noun
Proper noun
Common noun
Abstract noun
Explanation:

The word 'Kenya' is a proper noun because it refers to a specific name of a country.

28. What type of noun is the word 'happiness'?

Common noun
Abstract noun
Proper noun
Material noun
Explanation:

The word 'happiness' is an abstract noun as it represents a state of being.

29. What type of noun is the word 'book'?

Abstract noun
Proper noun
Material noun
Common noun
Explanation:

The word 'book' is a common noun as it refers to a general category of objects.

30. Which type of noun is the word 'family'?

Common noun
Collective noun
Proper noun
Abstract noun
Explanation:

The word 'family' is a collective noun as it refers to a group of people.

31. What type of noun is the word 'gold'?

Common noun
Proper noun
Material noun
Abstract noun
Explanation:

The word 'gold' is a material noun as it refers to a substance or material.

32. Which type of noun is the word 'teacher'?

Proper noun
Common noun
Abstract noun
Collective noun
Explanation:

The word 'teacher' is a common noun as it refers to a general type of person.

33. What type of noun is the word 'love'?

Abstract noun
Proper noun
Material noun
Common noun
Explanation:

The word 'love' is an abstract noun as it represents an emotion or feeling.

34. What type of noun is the word 'chair'?

Abstract noun
Proper noun
Common noun
Material noun
Explanation:

The word 'chair' is a common noun as it refers to a general object.

35. Which type of noun is the word 'Mount Kenya'?

Common noun
Proper noun
Collective noun
Abstract noun
Explanation:

The words 'Mount Kenya' are a proper noun as they refer to a specific geographic location.