I. Tell which of the following words designate objects and which designate attribute that an object might have. Also select the nouns:

1. horse
2. old
3. good
4. peach
5. vine
6. heavy
7. hard
8. strong
9. hill
10. star
11. empty
12. ocean
13. William
14. European
15. engine
16. road
17. rose
18. upright
19. smoke
20. balloon
21. oyster
22. sea
23. chariot
24. wild
25. hungry
26. farm
27. evil

II. Select the nouns in the following sentence:

As soon as the sun was seen coming over the hills, the farmer aroused the laborers from slumber, who, with their scythes on their shoulders, and pitchforks in their hands, marched gaily to the field to begin the labors of the day.

III. Tell which of the following nouns are common, and which are proper.

1. posterity
2. virtue
3. Rome
4. tea
5. Nero
6. Cicero
7. Germany
8. Paris
9. pomp
10. sunshine
11. meadow
12. Perkins
13. gulf
14. Medici
15. astronomy
16. Caesar
17. Darius
18. father
19. calico
20. London
21. dungeon
22. district
23. Japan.

IV. Tell which of the following common nouns are abstract, which are collective, and which are verbal.

1. army
2. tasting
3. goodness
4. heat
5. harmless
6. rising
7. sailing
8. wisdom
9. flock
10. wonder
11. teaching
12. energy
13. frankness
14. to swim
15. freedom
16. multitude
17. teething
18. shutting
19. dullness
20. company

V. Change the following names of properties into abstract nouns. For example, change good to goodness.

1. cheerful
2. diligent
3. rapid
4. dark
5. strong
6. heavy
7. lovely
8. brilliant
9. beautiful
10. flaming
11. brave
12. swift
13. solid
14. easy

VI. Write the names of fifteen objects in the room where you are working.

VII. Select all the nouns from a page in a text book. The teacher can assign book and the page.

VIII. Fill the blanks in the following examples with nouns of your own selection.

Note: You may add a, an, the or a number before any of the nouns that you choose.

1. ____ have fallen.
2. ____ will decay.
3. ____ is happy.
4. ____ will join us soon.
5. ____ shine at night.
6. ____ is short.
7. ____ are strong.
8. ____ were destroyed.
9. The ______ is the king of beasts.
10. _____ was the father.
11. _____ was a tyrant.
12. _____ were overthrown in the revolution.
13. _____ is a quadruped.
14. _____ rise at six o’clock.
15. _____ was the father of his country.
16. _____ mourned for Absalom.