Underline the nouns in these sentences and state whether they are
common, proper, abstract or collective nouns.
1. A crowd of people gathered outside Buckingham
Palace. collective, common, proper
2. Suraiya is respected for her honesty and
integrity
3. Cleopatra was famous for her beauty
4. A committee was appointed to manage the funds.
5. Abhay has been a hardworking person since childhood.
6. Zoe was part of the team that won the competition,
7. The sailor saw a fleet of ships in the harbour.
8. There is a pile of books and a bunch of grapes on the table.
Answers
Answer:
1. A crowd of people gathered outside Buckingham Palace.
•crowd:-collective noun
•Buckingham Palace:-proper noun
2. Suraiya is respected for her honesty and
integrity
•honesty:-abstract noun
•intergrity:-abstract noun
3. Cleopatra was famous for her beauty
•Cleopatra:-proper noun
4. A committee was appointed to manage the funds.
•committee:-common noun
5. Abhay has been a hardworking person since childhood.
•Abhay:-proper noun
•hardworking:-abstract noun
6. Zoe was part of the team that won the competition,
•Zeo:-proper noun
7. The sailor saw a fleet of ships in the harbour.
•sailor:-collective noun
•fleet:-collective noun
8. There is a pile of books and a bunch of grapes on the table.
•pile:-collective noun
•bunch:-collective noun
And that's all your answer
Answer:
1. crowd-collective ; people-common ; Buckingham Palace-proper
2. suraiya-proper ; honesty and integrity-abstract
3. Cleopatra-proper ; Beauty-abstract
4. committee-collective ;funds - countable
5. abhay-proper ; childhood-abstract
6. Zoe-proper ; team-collective ; competition-abstract
7. sailor-common ; fleet-collective ; harbour-common
8. pile and bunch-collective ; books,grapes-countable ; table - common
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