Exercise 1. Underline the nouns in the following story and indicate what kind of noun they are:-
The great Alexander once visited the studio of a sculptor in Athens. The studio was full of statues, one of which looked rather strange. Its face was covered and there were wings on its feet.
"What statue is this?" asked Alexander.
"It represents opportunity," said the sculptor. "The covered face means that people are not able to recognise an opportunity when it approaches. Its wings suggest that it moves off at a great speed. And once it is gone, it does not come back."
Alexander the Great Alexander was greatly impressed. He said, "You are really a great artist. You have shown me not only beauty but wisdom also. I too have always believed that grabbing an opportunity and using it to our advantage is the key to success."
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so, i an just copying the whole paragraph and underlining the noun and i will write the type in the below.
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The great Alexander once visited the studio of a sculptor in Athens. The studio was full of statues, one of which looked rather strange. Its face was covered and there were wings on its feet.
"What statue is this?" asked Alexander.
"It represents opportunity," said the sculptor. "The covered face means that people are not able to recognise an opportunity when it approaches. Its wings suggest that it moves off at a great speed. And once it is gone, it does not come back."
Alexander the Great Alexander was greatly impressed. He said, "You are really a great artist. You have shown me not only beauty but wisdom also. I too have always believed that grabbing an opportunity and using it to our advantage is the key to success."
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Kinds of the noun underlined above:
{note: the noun which are repeated more than once are not written}
1) Alexander - Proper Noun
2) studio - common Noun
3) sculptor - common Noun
4) Athens - Proper Noun
5) statues - common noun
6) face - common Noun
7) wing - common Noun
8) feet - common Noun
9) opportunity - Abstract Noun
10) people - collective Noun
11) artist - common Noun
12) beauty - abstract Noun
13) wisdom - abstract Noun
14) success - abstract Noun
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