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Parts of Speech: Nouns

PRACTICE

Concrete Nouns or Abstract Nouns

Identify the boldfaced nouns in the following sentences as either concrete or abstract.

  1. The caring message written in my get-well card was evidence of Kim's thoughtfulness and compassion.
  2. The globalization of capitalism has become tremendous in the last quarter-century due to improved technology.
  3. There's a lot to be said for the age-old adage "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
  4. His intuition told him to swerve right in order to avoid the potential accident.

Compound and Collective Nouns

Identify the boldfaced nouns in the following sentences as either compound or collective.

  1. The Sproutful Seed Company, which is located downtown, employs eighty-five workers.
  2. Today, a number of visitors to Disney World reported a swarm of bees at Cinderella’s Castle.
  3. The star of the Columbus Metropolitan Ballet is the daughter of a famous playwright.
  4. The majority of students on Student Council have a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
  5. This restaurant has the best egg rolls in Delaware County.
  6. The committee met last Tuesday to plan the Homecoming Parade.

Identify the Six Types of Nouns

Can you identify the six types of nouns in the following sentences? Identify each boldfaced noun as common, proper, concrete, abstract, collective, or compound. Some nouns may fit into more than one category.

  1. Place the stamp on the upper right-hand corner of the envelope addressed to Phillip Ware.
  2. It seemed as though the long and brutal snowstormwould never let up.
  1. The army of ants attacked the defenseless caterpillar on my front sidewalk.
  2. Tristan carried a deck of cards with him to pass the time in between performances.

More Practice: Parts of Speech and Nouns

Identify the part of speech of each of the following bolded words. If the word is a noun, identify it as

common, proper, concrete, abstract, collective, or compound. Some nouns may fit into more than one category.

  1. Pizza is Godzilla’s favorite food.
  1. George and Godzillawalked into Antonio’s to order a large pizza.
  1. Godzillanever tips the delivery guy from Antonio’s; politeness is not one ofGodzilla’s strong points.
  1. Godzilla ordered a large pepperoni pizzaand ate the piein a single bite.
  1. George offered Godzillaaten-dollar loanto buy a second pizza.
  1. While eating the pizza, George dripped tomato sauce onto his shirt.
  1. In Godzilla’s opinion, George is a slob.
  1. After overindulging at Antonio’s, Godzilla got severe indigestion.
  1. Despite the danger to its new van, the SWAT team pursued the pizza-eating Godzilla through the streets of Miami.
  1. After getting their butts kicked by Godzilla, the team changed into their street clothes, and sobbed in their cars on the way home.