Activities With Primitive Nouns and Derivatives

Nouns are essential for the Portuguese language. They are words that give names to different feelings, beings, qualities, places and much more. They can be classified as follows: proper, common, simple, composite, primitive and derived. Now let's talk more about activities with primitive nouns and derivatives.

Primitive nouns are made up of words that are not derived from any other. For example: stone, house, iron, good, coffee, glass and more. Derived nouns, on the other hand, are formed by words that originate from some other. For example: quarry, big house, blacksmith, goodness, coffee plantation, glassware and much more.

More noun exercises

Below we have selected some exercises involving all the types of nouns mentioned above. All of them can be applied in the classroom or as homework. Teachers can take advantage of all the tips.

1) Circle primitive nouns and underline derived nouns.

book – shoe – iron – stone – blacksmith bakery – mason – bookseller – bread – stone shoemaker – bookstore

2) Write a derived noun for each primitive noun below:

the rain:

b) stone:

c) shoe:

d) ink:

e) fruit:

f) machine:

g) land:

3) Classify the highlighted nouns according to the code:

1. Proper noun
2. Concrete noun
3. Abstract noun

"Rita killed our love For revenge, no inheritance left her She didn't take a penny Because she didn't have to But she caused damage and loss." (Chico Buarque de Holanda)
a) ( ) Rita
b) ( ) love
c) ( ) revenge
d) () penny
e) () losses
f) ( ) damage

4) Complete the sentences below with collective nouns:

a) A set of stars is a
b) The mountain collective is
c) The collective of maps is
d) Many birds in the sky form a
e) Many insects or many bees form a
f) Many planes in the sky form a
g) Many fish together form a
h) The tree collective is