Grade 6 Primary English – Classes Of Nouns Quiz

1. What is a noun?

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

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

Intangible nouns
Concrete nouns
Common nouns
Abstract nouns
Explanation:

3. Identify an abstract noun

House
Kindness
Food
Road
Explanation:

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

Showed
Street children
Kindness
He
Explanation:

5. ___ are nouns that we can see and touch

Concrete
Abstract
Tangible
Pronouns
Explanation:

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

Wedding, school
School, wedding
Attend
I
Explanation:

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

Advisable
Advise
Advice
Advised
Explanation:

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

Old man
Everyone
Wisdom
Old man
Explanation:

9. Derive abstract noun from: Kind

Kinder
Kindness
Kindly
In kind
Explanation:

10. Derive abstract noun from: Wise

Wiser
Wisdom
Wisely
Wisest
Explanation:

11. Derive abstract noun from: Good

Best
Godly
Better
Goodness
Explanation:

12. Construct abstract noun from; friend

friendly
unfriend
best friend
Friendship
Explanation:

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

school
core
honesty
value
Explanation:

14. Construct abstract noun from; Hate

hatred
hated
hurting
hater
Explanation:

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

a lot
dog
neighbor
fear
Explanation:

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

Loyalty
virtue
great
friends
Explanation:

17. Construct abstract noun from; Curious

very curious
curiously
curiosity
uncurious
Explanation:

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

Gossip
happiness
hatred
kindness
Explanation:

19. Construct abstract noun from; angry

angrily
anger
more angry
very angry
Explanation:

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

Worried
Worrisome
Worrier
Very worried
Explanation:

21. All of the following are abstract nouns except one

milk
cerebration
wedding
kindness
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

princes
principle
principality
principal
Explanation:

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

sweet
sweeted
sweetness
sweated
Explanation:

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

free
freely
freedom
freeness
Explanation:

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

Proper noun
Abstract noun
Material noun
Common 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
Abstract noun
Common 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
Material noun
Proper 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'?

Proper noun
Abstract 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
Proper noun
Collective 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
Material noun
Proper 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'?

Common noun
Proper 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'?

Proper noun
Abstract noun
Common noun
Material 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'?

Proper noun
Material noun
Common noun
Abstract 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
Abstract noun
Collective noun
Proper noun
Explanation:

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