Noun Worksheets

Nouns are the parts of speech that are used to name people, places, or things. They can also be used to define or explain a quality. If you are looking to name a specific person, place, or thing you would use a pronoun. Nouns are often the subject of all the sentences that we read or write. This makes them one of the most frequently used parts of speech. Nouns are the fundamental part of any sentence. They come in two varieties. Common nouns are used to represent general people, places, or things. Proper nouns pinpoint specific people, places, or things. We might use a common noun to say, "My teacher gave me detention!" We could make it more specific with a proper noun for our teacher by saying, "Mrs. Smith gave me detention!" We literally have hundreds of different worksheets on this topic and they go in all different directions. Take a look below to determine which category of worksheets best fits your need.


Appositives - These are often used as modifiers to help you better explain or detail something.

Collectives - These are used to designate a group of items, people, or places. You may be familiar with the example terms: herd, flock.

Common, Proper, and Possessive Nouns - This is a nice section because it covers a wide range of uses and students can explore all the different reasons, we use this part of speech.

Concrete Forms - Used to signify things that we can identify with one of our five human senses.

Countable and Uncountable - We often forget that not everything can be counted. They may be able to measured or quantified, but you cannot count everything.

-ES and -S Plurals - We learn how convert a singular form to the plural.

Frequently Used Nouns and Verbs - These are things we use in everyday language and speech.

Gender Nouns - These refer to something as being either male or female.

Genitive Case - This is primarily used to state a sense of possession. This is the good ole' apostrophe "s" or placing the word "of" prior to that part of speech.

Grammar and Mechanics - We focus on the structure that is used and the adherence to the rules of the English language.

Matching Verbs and Nouns in Sentences - This takes into account a wide range of grammar focused skills.

Nouns as a Direct and Indirect Objects - We learn to understand the use of objects within a sentence and learn how to use them to our advantage when writing.

Plural Forms - We show you how to go from one to many and then come back again.

Possessive Forms - We show you how to state ownership and identify when ownership has been demonstrated.

Proper Nouns - These are names that are used for a specific person, place, or thing. Remember to always capitalize them. This is often the biggest culprit for capitalization errors.

Quantifiers - This is when you choose to scale something up or down. We show you how to do this with the English language.

Regular and Irregular Plurals - We learn how to identify the usage and how to convert between them based on your need.

Singular Possessives - When you only have one that you are attaching ownership to.

Using Abstract Forms - These are used to signify intangible things that you cannot recognize with one of your five human senses.

Using Articles of Language - These help you clarify the object or state of your object within your sentences.

Using Collectives - We begin to explore how to express a group with a commonly shared interest.

Using Determiners - These can add a great deal of clarity to your writing when they are used properly.

Using Irregular Plural Nouns - It is all about switching up the spelling for this to work out.

The Different Uses of Nouns


Students can easily understand that nouns can be used to identify people or places. They often get a bit confused on how they are used to represent things. Things can either by physical objects or beings, but they can also come in the form of ideas and concepts. Nouns have many different uses in sentence structure they can serve as a subject, direct object, indirect object, or as an object of a preposition.


In most circumstances nouns are used as subjects of sentences. If we look at the sentence: If it wasn’t so sunny, Mike would have been able to see the ball better. You will find two nouns, but the person (Mike) is the subject of sentence. We can also see that proper nouns (Mike) are capitalized regardless of where they are located within the sentence.


Nouns can be used as direct objects in sentences. You can always spot a direct object by asking yourself what or whom. In the sentence, "Mrs. Simmons scrubbed the deck." Ask yourself what did Mrs. Simmons scrub? The answer is the deck, so the deck is the direct object of the verb scrubbed.


Nouns can also be used as indirect objects. Indirect objects can be found by looking for what, to what, for whom, or to whom something belongs. In the sentence, "I mailed Sarah the sneakers." Can you find the indirect object? Ask yourself whom was mailed the sneakers? The answer is Sarah, so she is the indirect object of this sentence.


The last major usage of nouns is as objects of a preposition. Take a look at the sentence, "He drove the car to the movie theater." The preposition (to) uses the movie theater as an object.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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