Grammar Exercises
Exercise 1.7 A
Practice based on Question 14 (Sample English tests: Grammar, punctuation
and spelling Paper 2 – Level 6)
Purpose of exercise: Identify types of noun
There are these types of noun:
abstract
noun
collective
noun
common
noun
proper
noun
An abstract noun is talking about a thing that you cannot see or touch, like an
idea or an emotion, e.g. I was feeling sad until I fell in love.
A collective noun refers to groups of people or animals, e.g. That gaggle of
geese have scared away that herd of elephants.
Proper nouns are the actual names of individual people, animals, things, or
places, e.g. Tom is only a baby but he climbed Mount Everest.
Common nouns are things. Common nouns group together sets of things that
are similar, e.g. My cat Bozo is almost like other cats, except he has two tails.
Now put a tick in the right box to show what kind of noun each word is.
1. Karima was a pilot.
Karima
pilot
abstract
noun
collective
noun
proper
noun
common
noun
2. A whole bunch of planes were taking off at once.
bunch
planes
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abstract
noun
collective
noun
proper
noun
common
noun
Exercise 1.7A Y6 (based on Question 14 Paper 2 L6)
3. Flying to school is a superb idea!
school
idea
abstract
noun
collective
noun
proper
noun
common
noun
4. Then the ants found a lollipop and the whole colony had a great time.
colony
time
abstract
noun
collective
noun
proper
noun
common
noun
collective
noun
proper
noun
common
noun
proper
noun
common
noun
5. Honesty is the best policy.
honesty
policy
abstract
noun
6. Is London bigger than the moon?
London
moon
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abstract
noun
collective
noun
Exercise 1.7A Y6 (based on Question 14 Paper 2 L6)