Question

Q3 In the sentences given below identify nouns and state what type
of noun it is.
1. A dog likes to eat bread.
2. Police have given a grand party to public.
3. The monitor told the class to keep mum.
4. Hari likes to read Indian story always.
5. The Ganga flows from the Himalayas.
6. A Bengal tiger looks great.
7. A man was standing there.
8. Players were playing football.
9. Oranges are a costly fruit.
10. Eggs were broken by a boy.​

Answer 1

1. Dog. common noun
2. police. common noun
3. monitor. common noun
4. Hari. proper noun
5. Ganga, Himalayas. proper noun
6. tiger. common noun
7. man. common noun
8. players. common noun
9. orange. common noun
10. egg, boy. common noun

Answer 2

Answer:

The nouns are identified in bold as follows:

1. A dog likes to eat bread.

nouns- Dog- common noun

Bread common noun

2. Police have given a grand party to the public.

police- collective noun, Public - collective noun

3. The monitor told the class to keep mum.

monitor - common noun

Class - collective noun

4. Hari likes to read Indian story always.

Hari - proper noun

Story- common noun

5. The Ganga flows from the Himalayas.

Ganga-Proper noun

Himalaya - proper noun

6. A Bengal tiger looks great.

Bengal tiger - proper noun

7. A man was standing there.

man - common noun

8. Players were playing football.

football - common noun

players - common noun

9. Oranges are a costly fruit.

Oranges -  proper noun,

fruit - common noun

10. Eggs were broken by a boy.​

Eggs, boy - common nouns

Explanation:  

• The noun refers to the most common part of speech that depicts the name of a person, animal, place, thing, idea, action, state or quality.

They are of the following types:

• Proper Noun: A name that solely refers to one specific person, place, or item and has no common name.

• A proper noun usually starts with capital letters when it is written in English.

• Common Noun: A name for something common for many things, persons, or places.

• Collective Noun: A collection or number or group of things or persons.

• Abstract Noun: This refers to untouchable things or ideas such as feelings, emotions etc.

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