Vocabulary: Abstract nouns
For each of the six questions choose the one correct
answer.
1. The worst thing about my job is the ___________;
I do the same thing day after day.
a) wisdom
b) kingdom
c) boredom
d) freedom
2. I go to the gym to build up my ____________.
a) length
b) warmth
c) depth
d) strength
3. I’ve been seeing my girlfriend for 6 months now,
I suppose it’s quite a serious____________.
a) friendship
b) membership
c) companionship
d) relationship
4. I spent most of my _________ walking around the
streets with other children. Wewere always getting
into trouble!
a) childhood
b) adulthood
c) motherhood
d) neighbourhood
5. When I told her she’d passed the exam, she looked
at me in total ___________.
a) replacement
b) achievement
c) amazement
d) improvement
6. My son has a big _____________, he’s always
telling stories about things which
didn’t happen!
a) action
b) imagination
c) illusion
d) collection
Abstract nouns - Answers
1.
a) wisdom - ‘wisdom’ is the noun from ‘wise’ – being
knowledgeable through experience.
b) kingdom - a land ruled by a monarch is known as a
‘kingdom’, e.g. The UK (United
Kingdom).
c) boredom - ‘boredom’ is the noun from ‘bored’.
Correct
d) freedom - ‘freedom’ is the noun from ‘free’ –
meaning liberty, not captive or a prisoner.
2.
a) length - ‘length’ is the noun made from ‘long’,
what’s the noun made from strong?
b) warmth - ‘warmth’ is the adjective made from
‘warm’, what’s the noun made from
strong?
c) depth - ‘depth’ is the noun made from ‘deep’,
what’s the noun made from strong?
d) strength - ‘strength’ is the noun made from
‘strong’. Correct
3.
a) friendship - if you are friends with someone, you
have a friendship.
b) membership - if you belong to a club, you are a
member; the membership is the people
who belong to the club.
c) companionship - if someone is lonely, they might
look for companionship, someone to
keep them company.
d) relationship - someone has a relationship with a
boyfriend or girlfriend, husband
or wife. Correct
4.
a) childhood – the time when you are a child is
called ‘childhood’. Correct
b) adulthood - the time when you are an adult is
called ‘adulthood’.
c) motherhood - the time when you are a mother is
called ‘motherhood’.
d) neighbourhood - the local area where you live is
called your ‘neighbourhood’.
5.
a) replacement - my printer broke last week, so I
took it back to the shop and asked for a
replacement.
b) achievement - if you are able to do something
difficult, you achieve something –
achievement is the noun.
c) amazement - ‘amazement’ is the noun from ‘amaze’
– total surprise and shock.
Correct
d) improvement - if something gets better it
improves. ‘Improvement’ is the noun from
‘improve’.
6.
a) action - ‘action’ describes doing something or
behaving in a certain way.
b) imagination - you have ‘imagination’ if you can
form images in your mind without
seeing something, or if you are very creative.
Correct
c) illusion - if something is an illusion, it
appears real but, in fact, is not, e.g. seeing a
water
oasis in the middle of a desert.
d) collection - a ‘collection’ is a number of things
which belong together as a group, e.g.
she had an amazing stamp collection. |
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