Question

Underline the
names of special persons
1. Shivani flies a kite with her brother.
2. The man is going to the post office.
3. Children play in the garden.
4. Ankur is hiding under a table.
5. Minku lives in a city.
6. Hari is a poor cobbler. .
7. Girija stitches a new dress.​

Answer 1

Underline the  names of special persons in the following sentences:

1. Shivani flies a kite with her brother.

2. The man is going to the post office.

3. Children play in the garden.

4. Ankur is hiding under a table.

5. Minku lives in a city.

6. Hari is a poor cobbler.  

7. Girija stitches a new dress.

The above-underlined words are special names.

• ​Special names mean having a specific name. They are known as proper nouns.

• In the given second and third sentences, the word 'man' and 'children' are common nouns because there are no specific names in both the sentences.

• A proper noun is a specific name for a particular person, place, or thing. It means having a proper name.  For example, Padmini, India, Rose, etc.

• A common noun is a common not having a specific name for a person, place, or thing. For example, girl, country, flower, etc.

Answer 2

Answer:

Underline the names of special persons

1. Shivani flies a kite with her brother.

• In this sentence the specific name is : Shivani.

2. The man is going to the post office.

• Man in this sentence is a Common Noun.

3. Children play in the garden.

• Again children is also a Common Noun.

4. Ankur is hiding under a table.

• Ankur is the specific name.

5. Minku lives in a city.

• The specific name in this sentence is : Minku.

6. Hari is a poor cobbler.

• Hari is the specific name in this sentence.

7. Girija stitches a new dress.

• Girija is specific name here.

There are two types of Noun in English Grammar and they are Concrete and Proper Nouns and Concrete noun includes : Proper, Common, Collective and Material Nouns.

• Here special names refer Proper Nouns.