Pick out the nouns in the followings entences and say which are common, proper, concrete, abstract, collective countable and uncountablenouns.
a. Tagore was a great poet.
b. Robert scored forty runs that day.
c. I saw the actor in Bombay on Sunday.
d. My dog is called Sony.
e. The boy has gone to school.
f. Padma is staying with her aunt in Bangalore.
g. May is usually the hottest month.
h. You should show respect for your teachers.
i. Our soldiers fought with great courage.
j. There is truth in hisstory.
k. My friend listened with pleasure to the beautiful music.
l. The girl lost her parents in child hood.
k. The women stood there in fear.
l. She felt sorrow for the death of her dog.
m. The crowd cheered the cricketer.
Answers
Answer:
a. Tagore : proper noun
poet : common noun
b. Robert : Proper noun
runs : common noun
c. the actor : common noun
Bombay : proper noun
Sun Day : proper noun
d. Dog : common noun
Sony : proper noun
e. The boy : common noun
school : common noun
f. Padma : proper noun
Bangalore : proper noun
g. May : proper noun
month : common noun
h. Teachers : common noun
i. soldiers : common noun
courage : abstract noun
j. truth : abstract noun
story : common noun
k. pleasure : abstract noun
music : common noun
l. girl : common noun
childhood : abstract noun
parents : common noun
k. The women : common noun
fear : abstract noun
l. sorrow : abstract noun
death : abstract noun
dog : common noun
m. the crowd : common noun
cricketers : common noun
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Required knowledge :
1. Common and Proper Nouns:
I. A common noun is the word used for a class of person, place or thing.
Example: car, man, city, iron, liquid, company, etc.
II. A proper noun is the name of a particular or specific person, place or thing. A proper noun always starts with a capital letter.
Example: Alfred, Asia, Brazil
2. Countable and Non-countable Nouns:
I. A countable noun (or count noun) is a noun with both a singular and a plural form, and it names anything (or anyone) that you can count.
Example: John painted the table red and the chairs blue.
II. A non-countable noun (or mass noun) is a noun that does not have a plural form and that refers to something that you could (or would) not usually count.
Example: Joseph Priestly discovered oxygen.
3. Collective Nouns:
A collective noun is a noun naming a group of things, animals, or persons. You could count the individual members of the group, but you usually think of the group as one unit.
Example: The jury is dining on take-out chicken tonight.
4. Abstract Nouns:
Abstract nouns are used to describe emotions, qualities or feelings.
Examples: Honesty, goodness, kindness, etc.
5. Possessive Nouns:
When we want to show that something belongs to somebody or something, we usually add ('s) to a singular noun and an apostrophe to a plural noun.
Example: The boy's ball.