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Proper, Common, Concrete, and Abstract Nouns

Identify each noun as proper, common and concrete, or common and abstract.

1. Homer's Odyssey is an epic poem.

a. Homer's
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract
b. Odyssey
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract
c. poem
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract

2. Who is the Steelers' new quarterback?

a. Steelers'
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract
b. quarterback
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract

3. Victoria saw Mrs. Ramos fall and helped her up.

a. Victoria
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract
b. Mrs. Ramos
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract

4. Honesty is one of Andy's best qualities.

a. Honesty
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract
b. Andy's
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract
c. qualities
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract

5. One goal for good health is to drink eight glasses of water daily.

a. goal
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract
b. health
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract
c. glasses
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract
d. water
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract

6. Bessie Coleman was the first African American female pilot.

a. Bessie Coleman
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract
b. pilot
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract

7. Like any explorer, astronauts cherish the hope of discovering a new world.

a. explorer
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract
b. astronauts
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract
c. hope
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract
d. world
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract

8. Has Michiko ever written a song?

a. Michiko
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract
b. song
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract

9. The vision of Chief Wilma Mankiller is to lead the Cherokee Nation to self-reliance.

a. vision
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract
b. Chief Wilma Mankiller
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract
c. Cherokee Nation
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract
d. self-reliance
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract

10. The language we call Old English was spoken during the Middle Ages.

a. language
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract
b. Old English
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract
c. Middle Ages
proper
common, concrete
common, abstract