Name: _____________________________
Nouns

Directions: determine whether each noun is common or proper; and singular, plural or possessive; and concrete or abstract.  Write your answers on the appropriate lines.

1.  cars     	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

2.  holiday     	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

3.  Las Vegas  	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

4.  Byron’s     	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

5.  books     	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

6.  babies’     	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

7.  hope     	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

8. pepperoni pizza ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

9.  Chicago River ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

10.  doctors     	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

11.  safety      	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

12. encyclopedia ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

13.  Ford Taurus ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

14. Gina Davis’s ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

15.  Holes 	    ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?
16.  mice     	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

17.  kindness  	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

18.  Big Macs 	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

19.  Christmas	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

20.  danger     	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

21.  Illinois     	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

22. Bugs Bunny ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

23.  colleges’  	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

24.  wind     	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

25.  West    	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

26.  sadness    	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

27.  germs     	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

28.  chess     	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

29.  Iceland     	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

30. loneliness’s  ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

31.  owls’     	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?

32.  children   	 ___________________	___________________	___________________
	                     common or proper?                 	    singular, plural, or possessive?  	            concrete or abstract?