Question

Underline the Nouns and mention the kinds of each in the
following sentences :-
(a) A bunch of keys was hanging on the door-knob.
(b) The poet impressed the king with his wit and humour.
(c) “Rome was not built in a day”, said the wise old man.
(d) He namedhis yatch 'Elizabeth'after the Queen.
(e) He find Mathematics easierthan most other do.​

Answer 1

Answer:

A bunch of key-collective noun

b. the poet-common noun

c. rome-proper noun

d. Elizabeth - proper noun and queen- common noun

e. mathematics - proper noun

Answer 2

Answer:

(a) A bunch of keys, doorknob

(b) poet, king, wit & humour.

(c) Rome, day, wise, old, man

(d) Yacht, 'Elizabeth', Queen

(e) Mathematics

Explanation:

• English is a versatile language, where nouns refer to the part of the speech comprises of words often used to name or identify people, places objects, animals or ideas.

• It is of the following types:

1. Proper nouns- Nouns used to name a person or place or things

2. Common nouns- Nouns to denote a generic group of items

3. Singular Nouns- Nouns to denote a single person, place or thing

4. Plural nouns- Nouns to denote numbers of people, places or things

5. Collective nouns- Nouns to denote a group or collection of objects, people etc.

6. Abstract Nouns- Nouns denote an entity that can't be perceived by the senses.

Hence we can categorise the kinds of nouns in each line as follows:-

(a)  bunch- collective noun, keys- plural noun, doorknob- singular noun

(b) poet- common noun, king-common noun, wit & humour- uncountable noun

(c) Rome- proper noun, day-common noun, wise, old-abstract noun, uncountable noun man- common noun

(d) Yacht-common noun, singular noun, 'Elizabeth'-Proper noun, Queen- common noun

(e) Mathematics- proper noun

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