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Nouns: discussions and interactive exercises
Nouns are names of persons, places, things, ideas or abstract concepts. For a better understanding of what nouns are, please surf to the websites listed below. Clicking the blue links will take you to the specific pages where the definitions, classifications or interactive exercises are located, while clicking the website name will take you to the home page.
[1] Nouns, from Capital Community College Guide to Good Grammar
[2] Nouns, from Grammar Monster (British English)
[3] Grammar reference: Nouns and phrases, from One Stop English
[4] Nouns, from English Daily
[5] Nouns, from Interlink Language Centers
[6] Nouns, from Using English
[7] Lesson 1 - Nouns, from My English Grammar
[8] Index to articles on Nouns, from Learning English Online www.englisch-hilfen.de (English version)
Listed below are links to interactive quizzes, exercises and activities in nouns from the best ESL and EFL resources on the Internet. Since gerunds and infinitives are used as nouns, we have inlcuded them here. Clicking the blue links will take you to the specific pages where the quizzes or exercises are, while clicking the website name will take you to the home page. Take time to browse these excellent websites; they are consistently good and fast loading. Besides the materials listed below, these great sites generously offer, free of charge, a tremendous range of valuable resources for the ESL and EFL teachers and students.
In answering the interactive exercises, you should follow carefully the prompts and directions. You should read each sentence or part aloud before clicking the answer you think is right. After the correct answer is displayed, think it over as to why it is the correct answer. (Please take note that the correct answer may depend on whether the exercise comes from an American English or a British English website.) After doing so, read the complete sentence again aloud with the correct answer.
To train yourself to think in English, try to recite the sentences with the correct answers from memory and at your full speaking volume. Or you can ask a friend to read out loud the sentences with the correct answers and you repeat them without looking at the computer screen.
[01] Exercises in nouns from Activities for ESL Students
Assorted Count and Noncount Noun (Kaye Mastin Mallory)
Countable or Non-Countable Nouns (Charles Kelly)
Plural Forms and Irregular Nouns (Barbara Lyons Perez)
Singular, Plural or Possessive (Charles Kelly)
[02] Exercise in nouns from About.com ESL
[03] Exercises in nouns from Better English by Pearson Brown (British English)
[04] Exercises in nouns from Capital Community College Guide to Good Grammar
[05] Exercise in nouns from Dave Sperling’s ESL Café
[06] Exercise in nouns from English Club
[07] Exercises in nouns from English Corner (Rod Rodgers)
Note: Javascript required.
What do we call ...? - Exercise 1 Noun modifiers (noun adjuncts) that indicate what something is made of.
What do we call ...? - Exercise 2 Noun modifiers (noun adjuncts) that describe devices.
What do we call ...? - Exercise 3 Noun modifiers (noun adjuncts) that describe food.
Gerunds
Gerund After Preposition 1 Fifteen sentences with gerund after preposition (includes to as preposition and as infinitive marker).
Gerund After Preposition 2 Fifteen more sentences with gerund after preposition (includes to as preposition and as infinitive marker).
Gerund vs. Infinitive Quiz 1 The use of the gerund or infinitive after certain verbs
Gerund vs. Infinitive Quiz 2 A second group of verbs taking the gerund or infinitive
[08] Exercises in nouns from English Grammar 101
Note: frame based, you can reach the specific topics listed below by clickng "Unit 1: Word and Phrase Patterns" or "Unit 2: Clause Patterns" on the left hand frame.
Unit 1: Word and Phrase Patterns
Lesson 1-15: Noun Identification
Lesson 1-17: Subject Identification
Lesson 1-18: Subject Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-19: Subject Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-20: Subject Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-21: Subject Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-22: Subject Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-23: Subject Identification (Continued)
Unit 2: Clause Patterns
Lesson 2-0: Unit 2 Pretest
Lesson 2-31: The Noun Clause
Lesson 2-32: The Noun Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-33: The Noun Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-34: Noun Clauses versus Adjective and Adverbial Clauses
Lesson 2-35: Noun Clauses versus Adjective and Adverbial Clauses (Continued)
[09] Exercises in nouns from English Language Centre Study Zone
Regular Plurals of Nouns (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Irregular Plurals of Nouns (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Count and Non-Count Nouns (Introduction & 2 exercises)
How to Count Non-Count Nouns (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Count and Non-Count Nouns (Review) (Introduction & 3 exercises):
Gerunds (Introduction & 2 exercises)
Gerunds and Infinitives (Introduction & 6 exercises)
Cloze Exercise #1: Nouns and Adjectives
Nouns and Pronouns Exercises
Identifying Subjects 1
Identifying Subjects 2
Identifying Subjects 3
Count and Non-Count Nouns: Much/Many
Count and Non-Count Nouns: Arriving at Gallaudet
[13] Exercises in nouns from ESL 3-6 Review
Note: Frame based, only one URL for all exercises
[14] Exercise in nouns from Interlink Language Centers
[15] Exercises in nouns from Grammar Central (eaonline)
[16] Exercise in nouns from Grammar Monster (British English)
[17] Exercise in nouns from Isabel’s ESL Site
[18] Exercise in nouns from John’s ESL Community English Interactive
[19] Exercises in nouns from Karin's ESL Partyland
[20] Exercises in nouns from 1-Language.com
[21] Exercise in nouns from Lauri's ESL Website
[22] Exercises in nouns from Learn English Feel Good
ESL Practice: COUNT or NON-COUNT (Intermediate)
ESL Practice: COUNT or NON-COUNT 2 (Intermediate)
ESL Practice: COUNT or NON-COUNT 3 (Beginner)
ESL Practice: COUNT or NON-COUNT 4 (Beginner)
ESL Practice: COUNT or NON-COUNT 5 (Intermediate)
Plurals of nouns - part 1 (Beginner)
Plurals of nouns - part 2 (Beginner)
GERUND or INFINITIVE? (Beginner)
GERUND or INFINITIVE? 2 (Intermediate)
GERUND or INFINITIVE? 3 (Intermediate)
GERUND or INFINITIVE? 4 (Advanced)
[23] Exercises in nouns from Learning English Online, www.englisch-hilfen.de (English version)
Apostrophe 's
's or of-phrase
The plural of nouns
The plural of nouns - Spelling
The plural of nouns – Irregular forms
The plural of nouns – mixed
The plural of nouns
Singular or plural
Nouns – Uncountables
Plural in English - Test 1
Plural in English - Test 2
Plural in English - Test 3Gerund or infinitive
Gerund and prepositions
Infinitive in English
Infinitive or gerund - Exercise 1
Infinitive or gerund - Exercise 2
Infinitive or gerund after verbs
[24] Exercise in nouns from Marcus Evans Linguarama (British English)
[25] Exercises in nouns from Michael Buckhoff's ESL Website for Students and Teachers
Count / Uncount Noun self-study quizzes
Quiz # 1
Quiz # 2
Quiz # 3
Quiz # 4
Noun clauses / infinitives: Quiz 1
Noun clauses connectors "what and that:" Quiz 2
Noun clauses - using "ever" connectors: Quiz 3
Noun clauses "the subjunctive:" Quiz 4
Noun clauses "Reported Speech:" Quiz 5
Singular / Plural Noun self-study quizzes
[26] Exercise in nouns from 5 Minute English
[27] Exercises in nouns from My English Grammar
Noun Clause as Subject Upper Intermediate Flash Q & A
Noun or Noun Phrase in Apposition Intermediate - Advanced Flash Q & A
Noun-Pronoun (and Quantifier) Agreement Intermediate - Advanced
Plural Nouns in Certain Expressions Intermediate - Advanced Flash Q & A
Adjectives and Nouns Intermediate - Advanced Flash Q & A
Compound Adjectives (and Adjectives as Nouns) Intermediate - Advanced Flash Q & A
Confusing Adjectives and Nouns Intermediate - Advanced Flash Q & A
[29] Exercises in nouns from OWL English Purdue Grammar and ESL Exercises
[30] Exercises in nouns from Rong-Chang Li
[31] Exercise in nouns from The English Nouns Page
[32] Exercises in nouns from The ESL Area
Quantities / Count - non count nouns
What do You Want to Eat?
Do you need some eggs?
How much do we need?
No Place like Home
[33] Exercises in nouns from University of Calgary - The Basic Elements of English Grammar Guide
[34] Exercises in nouns from University of Oregon The Tongue Untied
[35] Exercises in nouns from Using English
Note: Join the Members' Area and you can gain access to 185 additional free ESL quizzes for beginner, intermediate and advanced level English students. These exercises may also be viewed as printable handouts.
Beginner English
Countable or Uncountable? (41)
Plurals (15)
Plurals - Compound Nouns (10)
Singular or Plural? (11)
Intermediate English
Gerund or Infinitive? (10)
Infinitives with or without 'to' (12)
Try to do & Try doing, etc (9)
Used to & Be / Get Used To (10)
Used to, get used to & be used to (10)
[36] Exercises in nouns from World-English (British English)
Note: Spoken English Learned Quickly offers free downloads of lessons and books (Learning Spoken English, a 450-page Student Workbook and an Instructor’s Guide) to your computer, iPod, Blackberry, MP3 player or PDA; Lessons in vocabulary, grammar, syntax, and verb tenses using spoken English exercises; Complete lessons contain enough recorded audio lesson material for two hours of study a day, five days a week for nine months.
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