Noun Ninjas: Millionaire Challenge
A whole-class game show where students test their knowledge of concrete, abstract, collective, count, non-count, and compound nouns while climbing the prize ladder together.
A free Millionaire Quiz for Young learners at CEFR B1 level. Topic: concrete, abstract, collective, count, non-count, and compound nouns.
Questions
- Which word is a concrete noun? A concrete noun names something you can touch or see. — A) love B) happiness C) freedom D) dog
- Which word is an abstract noun? Remember, abstract nouns name feelings or ideas. — A) happiness B) apple C) book D) table
- Which word is a collective noun? A collective noun names a group of people or animals. — A) chair B) student C) shoe D) team
- Which noun is countable? You can count countable nouns, like one, two, three. — A) apple B) rice C) water D) milk
- Which word is a compound noun? A compound noun is made when two words join to make a new word. — A) happy B) quickly C) green D) sunflower
- Which sentence uses the non-count noun 'furniture' correctly? Furniture cannot be counted with numbers directly. — A) I have three pieces of furniture in my room. B) I have three furnitures piece in my room. C) I have three furnitures in my room. D) I have three furniture in my room.
- Which word means a group of fish swimming together? This is a special collective noun. — A) school B) herd C) pack D) flock
- Which sentence uses 'greenhouse' correctly to mean a glass building where plants grow? Look carefully at how the compound noun changes meaning when the words join. — A) We grew tomatoes in the greenhouse. B) My house is green and big. C) We painted the green house. D) The green house is next to the…
- Which sentence uses 'paper' as a non-count noun, meaning the material, not a specific object? — A) She wrote two papers for her class. B) I bought three papers at the shop. C) I read an interesting paper about animals. D) I need some paper to write my letter.
- Which noun below is abstract, not collective or concrete? Think about which one you cannot see or touch. — A) team B) courage C) crowd D) family
Printable worksheet
This Millionaire Quiz comes with a free printable worksheet: 2 parts for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Challenge sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Answer from memory · No options this time. Write the answer.
- Write your own question · Write a new question about concrete, abstract, collective, count, non-count, and compound nouns, with one right answer and three wrong ones.
Part 1: Answer from memory
No options this time. Write the answer.
- Which word is a concrete noun? A concrete noun names something you can touch or see.
- Which word is an abstract noun? Remember, abstract nouns name feelings or ideas.
- Which word is a collective noun? A collective noun names a group of people or animals.