Nouns Game (Whack-a-Mole)

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Whack-a-Mole-Style Game on Nouns

Here is an interactive game to help you learn about nouns.

Test for the Different Types of Noun

There are many different types of common noun. To help with learning the different types, you can amend the type of noun to look for in this game.
Type of NounOn or Off?
Abstract:
(e.g., fear, anger)

on 

off

Concrete:
(e.g., gerbil, igloo)

on 

off

Collective:
(e.g., team, gang)

on 

off

Compound:
(e.g., mother-in-law, snowman)

on 

off

Gender-Specific:
(e.g., lady, boy)

on 

off

Gerund:
(e.g., talking, singing)

on 

off

Non-countable:
(e.g., milk, water)

on 

off

Countable:
(e.g., milk, water)

on 

off

Interactive Exercise
Here are 3 from a 10-question test. This test can be edited, printed, and sent electronically.

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See Also

What are nouns? What are compound nouns? See the lesson on the 8 parts of speech Test your knowledge of grammatical terms Try our timed test on spelling, grammatical terms, and punctuation