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Nouns
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Nouns are naming A noun is the name of a person, place or thing.

words.

Nouns are also names of animals, birds, vegetables, fruits, rivers or mountains. Names of days and months are also nouns.

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Names of.
People Man King Lady Elizabeth Places Kolkata Paris Village Island Things Box Shampoo Bed Pencil Animals Tiger Dinosaur Lizard Rat

Write names of people, places, things and animals starting with the letters A, M and K.

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Nouns can tell who or what?.

Who child, girl, soldier, leader What city, mouse, happiness, Tuesday

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There are four types of nouns.

Proper
Common

Collective
Material

Countable and uncountable

Abstract

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Common Nouns

Common nouns are words for people, animals, places, or things.

clown baby doctor baker nurse police officer singer teacher

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Common Nouns

Earlier we saw words for people. Here are some for animals.
cat cow dog dolphin goose hen horse mouse

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Common Nouns

Here are some for places.

beach mountain school airport city road

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Common Nouns

Here are some for things.

box bread chair ladder lamp radio

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Exercise Underline the common nouns in these sentences.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Dont touch that broken bulb. Suman has a lovely dress. I like reading stories. My uncle is a doctor. Every child has a school-bag. Harpreet hates bananas.

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Proper Nouns

Proper nouns are names for particular people, places or things. They always begin with a capital letter. Your own name and the names of your friends are also proper nouns.

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Proper Nouns Names of countries and their people. Names of towns, cities, buildings and landmarks. Days of week and month. Names of mountains, rivers, seas and lakes. Names of festivals, special events and holidays.

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Proper Nouns Examples: India, Russia, France Indians, Russians, French Moscow, Delhi Taj Mahal, Rashtrapati Bhavan Monday, Sunday March, September Himalaya, Ganges, Amazon, Atlantic Ocean Christmas, Independence Day, Birthday

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Exercise Name the pictures. Use both common and proper nouns.

He is a doctor. (common noun) He is Dr. Mathai. (proper noun)

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Exercise Underline the proper nouns in these sentences.

1. One day Ali Baba saw the cave where forty thieves were hiding. 2. Mr. Singh is reading a book written by Sadat Manto. 3. Next Tuesday is a public holiday, Independence day. 4. I enjoyed watching the movie Spiderman.

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Collective Nouns Collective nouns are words for groups people, animals or things. a family a band a team

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Collective Nouns We saw some examples for groups of people. Here are a few other groups. a school of fish a deck of cards a flight of stairs

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Collective Nouns Here is a list of commonly used collective nouns. a bunch of keys a class of pupils a collection of books a fleet of ships a flock of sheep a gaggle of geese a gang of robbers a herd of cattle a litter of cubs a pride of lions

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Exercise Pick out the collective nouns in the following sentences. 1. Mr. Malik took his family to the theatre. 2. The police managed to control the mob. 3. The committee voted against the resolution. 4. The whole nation celebrated the teams victory. 5. The crowd was thrilled to see its favourite player. 6. The carpenter placed his set of tools in front of him.

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Material Nouns Material nouns are words that say what material is used to make something. This is a ball. What material is used to make the ball? The ball is made of leather.
material noun

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Exercise What material are they made of? A chair ______________ A kite ______________ A shirt ______________ A shoe ______________

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Countable and Uncountable Nouns Some nouns can be counted. They are called countable nouns. two pigs, four pens, one rocket. Countable nouns can be singular or plural. I have a pencil. I have two pencils.

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Countable and Uncountable Nouns Some others cannot be counted. They cannot

be separated.
sand, water, advice, money We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular. This news is very important. We do not use a/an with these nouns. We can use some, any, a little and much with them.

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Countable and Uncountable Nouns Countable Uncountable rupee money song music suitcase luggage table furniture battery electricity bottle juice

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Exercise Which are countable and uncountable nouns? 1. The old sailor kept the gold in the box. 2. Mrs. Sunder gave Winnie a pot of honey. 3. Dad had bought us some juice along with two sandwiches each. 4. I filled my pen with ink. 5. The tailor cut a piece of cloth.

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Exercise Group these words as countable or uncountable nouns?

smoke rabbit clay guava cream ship dust ink scarf meat sofa people book crab juice tea
Countable Nouns Uncountable Nouns

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Abstract Nouns Some nouns that you cannot see, hear, smell, taste or touch.

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Abstract Nouns Some common abstract nouns. Love Anger Hate Peace Loyalty Integrity Pride Courage Honesty Trust Bravery Childhood Knowledge Patriotism Friendship Brilliance Truth Charity Justice Kindness Pleasure Freedom Delight Hope

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Exercise
Unscramble the words. Then classify them as proper, common, abstract and collective nouns. resteve ngaga bltaet pohe setrour ihev cpka cmie dahn vole owc eaepc olscoh elotw ivar nashge
Noun Type of Noun

Love, hope, peace, hand, trouser, towel, everest, ganga , ravi, tablet, cow, school, hive, pack, mice, ganesh

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Wonderful! We now know that all our names are nouns and so are the names of our pets! Then there are those nouns we can count and those we cannot.