Grade 6 Primary English – Classes Of Nouns Quiz

1. What is a noun?

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

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

Common nouns
Abstract nouns
Concrete nouns
Intangible nouns
Explanation:

3. Identify an abstract noun

House
Food
Kindness
Road
Explanation:

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

Showed
He
Kindness
Street children
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

School, wedding
Wedding, school
I
Attend
Explanation:

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

Advisable
Advised
Advise
Advice
Explanation:

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

Old man
Wisdom
Everyone
Old man
Explanation:

9. Derive abstract noun from: Kind

In kind
Kindness
Kindly
Kinder
Explanation:

10. Derive abstract noun from: Wise

Wisest
Wisdom
Wisely
Wiser
Explanation:

11. Derive abstract noun from: Good

Goodness
Better
Best
Godly
Explanation:

12. Construct abstract noun from; friend

friendly
Friendship
unfriend
best friend
Explanation:

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

school
value
core
honesty
Explanation:

14. Construct abstract noun from; Hate

hatred
hurting
hated
hater
Explanation:

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

neighbor
a lot
fear
dog
Explanation:

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

virtue
Loyalty
great
friends
Explanation:

17. Construct abstract noun from; Curious

curiosity
uncurious
curiously
very curious
Explanation:

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

hatred
Gossip
happiness
kindness
Explanation:

19. Construct abstract noun from; angry

very angry
angrily
more angry
anger
Explanation:

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

Very worried
Worried
Worrisome
Worrier
Explanation:

21. All of the following are abstract nouns except one

milk
wedding
kindness
cerebration
Explanation:

22. Concrete nouns include the following except

money
house
food
hate
Explanation:

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

princes
principal
principle
principality
Explanation:

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

sweated
sweet
sweeted
sweetness
Explanation:

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

freely
free
freeness
freedom
Explanation:

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

Material noun
Proper noun
Abstract 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'?

Common noun
Abstract noun
Proper noun
Collective 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'?

Proper noun
Abstract noun
Common noun
Material 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'?

Collective noun
Common 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'?

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

Material noun
Abstract noun
Proper 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'?

Common noun
Proper noun
Material 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'?

Collective noun
Abstract noun
Common noun
Proper noun
Explanation:

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