Question

Q.10) Underline the nouns in the following sentences and write whether they are common, proper, abstract , or collective. /
i. Our class consists of twenty people.
ii. Without health, there is no happiness.
iii. There was a large crowd in the street.
iv. My cousin has a Dog.
v. Sania has a little pet. ​

Answer 1

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i. Our class consists of twenty people.

→ Class (Collective noun)

ii. Without health, there is no happiness.

→ Happiness (Abstract noun)

iii. There was a large crowd in the street.

→ Crowd (Collective noun)

iv. My cousin has a Dog.

→ Dog (Common noun)

v. Sania has a little pet.

→ Sania (Proper noun) & Pet (Common noun)

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There are 5 kinds of nouns in English those are :-

• Common noun

• Proper noun

• Abstract noun

• Collective noun

• Possessive noun

Explanation!

1. Common noun:-

Common nouns basically tells us about a place, person or a thing which is common. Just remember they never tells us about specific person, place or thing. For Dog, chair, bench,etc.

2. Abstract noun :-

Abstract noun are the words which express a feeling here, they basically depict our emotions. For eg: Smiling, stressed,etc.

3. Collective noun :-

Collective nouns means those words which are in group and give it a specific name for that group. For eg: Banquet of flowers, regiment of soldiers, school of fish, etc.

4. Proper noun :-

Proper noun basically tells us about place, person or a thing. In this noun we tells about a specific person place or a thing. For eg: Barak Obama, UAE, Black doll,etc.

5. Possessive noun :-

possessive nouns are also known as "ownership nouns". In this we use apostrophes ('s) and show the ownership of other person. For eg; My school, Sneha's specticals,etc ownership by inserting mine.

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Answer 2

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• Our class consists of twenty people.

– Class is a collective noun.

• Without health, there is no happiness.

– Happiness is abstract noun.

• There was a large crowd in the street.

– Crowd is a collective noun.

• My cousin has a Dog.

– Dog is a common noun.

• Sania has a little pet.

– Sania is a proper noun and Pet is a common noun.

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