NOUNS

Can you find the nouns in the following passage?

Today is Sunday. Puan Ana is going to the market. She wants to buy a pair of sandals for herself, a
small pot of cooking porridge and some cakes.

PRACTICE 1: Underline the nouns in these sentences.

1. Who has taken my dictionary?

2. That vase is broken.
3. There are two lamps in the room.
4. The apples are in the basket.
5. Please put this umbrella in the car.
6. His uncle is always busy.
7. Have you a maid?
8. The dog barked at the stranger.
9. The headmaster talked to the boy.
10. Our gardener has a daughter.
11. She has two children
12. My niece is a clever girl.
13. Her grandmother lives in the village across the river.
14. They bought new clothes for the children.
15. The student gave their teacher a box of chocolates on her birthday.
16. Linda bought a novel with the money she won.
17. They cleaned their new house themselves before moving in.
18. Mother bought me a hot drink before she slept last night.
19. The old lady treated the injured cat herself until it got better.
20. Munirah helped us to complete the Science project.
21. My little boy told us that he drew the picture himself.
22. The huge bungalow next to the playground is theirs.

COMMON NOUN PROPER NOUN

People, animals, object (things), building, places People, animal, object (things), building, palces,
countries/cities, month/days
Example: Example:

PRACTICE 2: Fill in the suitable collective nouns.

1. The hunter shot at the of birds.

2. There’s a of ships at the harbour.
3. He played with a of card.
4. She found a of keys under her pillow.
5. The elephants stomped through the water hole.
6. A of sheep was grazing in the field.
NOUNS

7. All night we could hear the of wolves howling.

8. I found a of ant in my room last night.
9. The lions slept all day on the African plains.
10. A long of steps led to the top of the tower.
11. Our cat has just given birth to a of kittens.
12. We each picked a of juicy grapes from the vine.
13. The hen waddled by with her of chicks.
14. A of thieves stole the precious diamonds.
15. In the jungle, we could see a of monkeys swinging on the trees.
16. The of geese made a terrible squawking sound.