THE NOUN

(1.Common noun, 2. Proper noun, 3.Collective noun, 4.Abstract noun, 5.Material noun)

Definition :
A noun is a word, it is used as the name of a person, animal, place, bird, idea, emotion or thing.

For example boy , girl, table, chair, peacock, honesty, happiness, wisdom, book etc.,
e.g.

Person David, Sister, Woman, Brother

Place Chennai, London, Delhi, Maxico

Animal Tiger, Elephant, Lion, Deer

Bird Parrot, Crow, Swan, Peacock

Emotion Happiness, Sadness, Thought, Toy

Thing Pen, Book, Computer, Pencil

Types of nouns
NOUNS ARE NAMING words. They ident if y people, things or place in our world. Nouns come in six
different forms: proper, common, abstract, concrete, collective, and compound.

Further, the nouns can be classified into two major types as : countable and uncountable nouns.

1. Common noun :

Definition :
A common noun is a name given in common to ever y person or thing of the same class of kind.

These common nouns are words for th ings .

e.g.

chair bicycle television

hammer ladder computer

axe calculator cooker

saw crayons book

courage ruler printer

laziness lawnmower dictionary

These common nouns are words for animals .

e.g.
cat kitten lion

dog puppy tiger

horse foal elephant

goat kid whale

frog tadpole kangaroo

sheep lamb bear

These common nouns are words for places .

e.g.

airport hostel temple

university hotel mosque

stadium bank school

park library college

farm theater post office

zoo mall police station

These common nouns are words for people who do certain things.
e.g.

artist teacher police officer

singer headmaster plumber

dancer manager driver

director doctor writer

magician lawyer farmer

artist clerk friend

2. Proper noun :

Definition :
A proper noun is the name of some particular person, place, thing, particular event, or group. This proper
noun begins with a capital letter. If the noun is nonspecific, that is, the noun refers t o a general idea and not a
specific person, place, or thing, it is usuall y not a proper noun, so it it not capitalized.
e.g.

Specific Nonspecific

World war II A war

English class A class

The American Bar Association The association

These people’s names are proper nouns.

e.g.

Aladdin Muhammad Ali Dad

Harry Potter George Washington Mom

Mahatma Gandhi Hitler Granny

Santa Claus Nelson Mandela Uncle David

Confucius Jayalalitha Miss Park

Alex Rodriguez Jacky chan Mr.Raj

The names of the days of the week and the months of the year are proper nouns.
e.g.

days of the week months

Sunday January August

Monday February September

Tuesday March October

Wednesday April November

Thursday May December

Friday June

Saturday July

The names of special days and celebrations are also proper nouns.
e.g.

New Year’s Day Dewali

Valentine’s Day Ramadan

Independece Day Christmas

Labour Day Memorial Day

Falg Day Thanksgiving

Republic Day Veteran’s Day

The names of famous places , buildings and monuments are proper nouns.
e.g.

The Taj Mahal The Statue of Liberty

The Eiffel Tower Chaco Canyon Pueblo

The Golden Gate Bridge the Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Great Wall of China Buckingham Palace

The names of people who live in a parti cular country are also proper nouns.
e.g.

Country People

Afghanistan Afghans

Australia Australians

Britain The British

Germany Germans

USA Americans

India Indians

3. Collective noun :

Definition :
i) A collective noun is a name of a number (collection) of persons or things taken together and spoken of as
one whole as:
Crowd, mob, team, flock, herd, army, fleet, jur y, family, nation, parliament, committee.

ii) Nouns t hat refer to a specific group of persons or things are called Collective Nouns.

These are nouns for groups of people. Here are some collective nouns for groups of people.
e.g.

a family a committee
 a community a company

a band a gang

a choir the government

an audience the army

Many collective nouns can be used with a singular o r plura l verb .

e.g.
 The crowd was orderly.
 The people were clapping, yelling and cheering.
Here are more collective nouns we can use for groups of people .
e.g.

A crowd of people An army of soldiers

a panel of judges A tem of players

a class of schoolchildren a company of actors

a gang of thieves a band of musicians

Many groups of animals have their own special collective nouns.

e.g.

a brood of chickens a litter of puppies a school of fish

a flock of birds a pack of wolves a swarm of bees

a drove of sheep a pride of lions a troop of monkeys

a herd of cattle a pod of dolphins a gaggle of geese

Some groups of things also have their own special collective nouns.
e.g.

a bunch of bananas a deck of cards a fleet of vehicles

a bunch of flower a cluster of grapes a suite of rooms

a bunch of keys a grove of trees a suite of furniture

a bouquet of flower a fleet of ships a set of tools

Some nouns name the amount or form of something.

e.g.

a loaf of bread a bar of soap a bar of chocolate

The words a piece of mean a single serving or part of something.

e.g.

a slice/piece of bread a slice/piece of cheese a sheet/piece of paper

a piece/square of chocolate a piece of chalk a piece of advice

4. Abstract noun :

Definition :
An abstract noun is usually the name of a feelings, ideas, action, state and characteristics, or quali ties
considered apart from the object to which it belongs as.

Most abstract nouns end with these suffixes:

e.g.

-ism -ment -ity

nationalism argument personality

-tion -ship -ence

aggravation friendship silence

This abstract noun cannot be seen, heard, touched or tasted but it can only be felt by our sense. The abstract noun
is not visible.
e.g.

Quality wiseness, goodness, kindness, whiteness, darkness, honesty, wisdom, bravery

Action quarreling, jog, laughter, theft, movement, judgement, hatred

State poverty, childhood, boyhood, manhood, youth, slavery, sleep, death

For example, we cannot be 'happiness' but we can feel that in our heart or mind. The names of the subject of study
(e.g. grammar, music, chemistry, etc.) are also Abstract Nouns.
(i) Concrete nouns :
in opposite to abstract noun, the concrete nouns can be seen or touched by us.

e.g.

building iron steel gold

(ii) Countable nouns :

(countables) are t he names of objects, people, etc. that we can count. And they have their own singul ar and
plural forms.

e.g.

book apple doctor horse

books apples doctors horses

(iii) Uncountable nouns :

(uncountables) are the names of things which we cannot count, e.g. milk, oi l, sugar, gold, honest y.

The uncountable nouns generally refer to

e.g.

drinks coffee, tea materials wood, glass, gold, silver

liquids milk, oil, petrol games cricket, tennis, football

gases air, oxygen

Countable nouns have plural forms while uncountable nouns do not. Even the abstract nouns are also uncountable
nouns.
For example, we say boys but we cannot say oils.

5. Material noun :

Definition :
There are the raw elements or objects existing in nature.

e.g.

Iron Gold Stones Brass

Aluminium Mercury Plastic Mat

THE NOUN - GENDER

(1.Masculine Gender, 2. Feminine Gender, 3.Common Gender, 4.Neuter Gender)

Definition :
The Gender of noun indicates the sex or the absence of sex.

For example, boy, girl, hero, heroine, lion, lioness, etc.

1. Masculine Gender :

Definition :
A noun that denotes a MALE SEX is called Masculine Gender.

Masculine nouns are words for men, boys and male animals.
e.g.

boy lion bull dog

2. Femine Gender :

Definition :
A noun that denotes a FEMALE SEX is called Femine Gender.

Feminine nouns are words for women, girls and female animals.
e.g.

girl lioness cow bitch

3. Common Gender :

Definition :
A noun that denotes either a male or a female sex is said to be of t he comm on gender.

e.g.

child student friend pupil

4. Neuter Gender :

Definition :
A noun that denotes a lifeless thing is called Neuter Gender. The noun that denotes a thing t hat is neither
male nor female is called Neuter Gender.

e.g.

book pen room tree

Ways of forming the feminine of Nouns

1. Here are some more masculine and feminine nouns for people.

Masculine Feminine

father mother

son daughter

brother sister

nephew niece

man woman

uncle aunt

master mistress

emperor empress

bachelor maid / spinster

sir madam
2. Here are some masculine and feminine nouns for male and female animals. There is one general word for the
animal and special word for male and female.

Animal Masculine Feminine

chicken rooster hen

duck drake duck

cattle bull cow

goose gander goose

fox fox vixen

tiger tiger tigress

pig boar sow

horse stallion mare

donkey jack jenny

3. By using an entirely different words; as

Masculine Feminine

boy girl

bachelor maid / spinster

brother sister

dog bitch

king queen

drake duck

monk nun

hart roe

buck doe

earl countees

4. By adding a syllable (-ess, -ine, trix, -a, etc) as,

Masculine Feminine

author authoress

count countess

giant giantess

heir heiress

lion lioness

host hostess

mayor mayoress

steward stewardess

shepherd shepherdess

poet poetess

4. By adding -ess after dropping the vowel of the masculine ending

Masculine Feminine

Actor Actress

Duke Duchess

Emperor Empress

Tiger Tigress

Waiter waitress

Negro Negress

Abbot Abbess

Traitor Traitress

Executor Executix

Testator Testatrix

5. By a word suffix or prefix, like

Masculine Feminine

Man-servant Maid-servant

Milk-man Milk-maid

Grand-father Grand-mother

Bull-calf Cow-calf

Cock-Sparrow Hen-Sparrow

He-goat She-goat

Land-lord Land-lady

Pea-cock pea-hen

Note : Objects without life are often personified, that is, spoken of as if they were living beings. We then regard
them as males or females.

The Masculine Gender is often applied to objects remarkable for strength and violence; as,

The Sun Summer Winter Death

The sun sheds his beams on rich and poor alike.

The Feminine Gender is sometimes applied to objects remarkable for beauty, gentleness, and gracefulness; as,

The Moon the Earth Spring Nature

The moon has hidden her face behind a cloud.

THE NOUN - NUMBER

(1.Singular Number, 2.Plural Number)

Definition :
Numbers are often used before nouns to tell you exactly how many people or things there are.

Numbers are adjectives, too. They tell us how many people, animals, or things there are. Sometimes they are
called adjectives of quantity.
e.g.

I have two childrens We bought three books

two princes seven elves sixteen snails

one giant a hundred many more

1. Singular Number :

Definition :
A noun that denotes onl y ONE person or thing is said to be in the SINGULAR NUMBER.

e.g.

Book Basis Index

2. Plural Number :

Definition :
A noun that denotes MORE THAN ONE person or thing is said to be in the PLURAL NUMBER.

e.g.

Books Bases Indices

Formation of Plurals
The usual construction of plural nouns from singular nouns is to add -s to the end of a word.

e.g.

Singular Plural Singular Plural

Bird Birds Boy Boys

Dog Dogs Chair Chairs

Cat Cats Table Tables

Cow Cows Desk Desks

Nouns endin g in -s, -sh, -ch, -o, -x, or -z form the plural b y adding -es to the singular; as,

e.g.

Singular Plural Singular Plural

Bus Buses Match Matches

Brush Brushes Tax Taxes

Mango Mangoes Hero Heroes

Buzz Buzzes Kis Kisses

A few nouns ending in -o merely add -s; as,

e.g.

Singular Plural Singular Plural

Dynamo Dynamos Piano Pianos

Ratio Ratios Memento Mementos

Photo Photos Stereo Siereos

Logo Logos Canto Cantos

video videos zoo zoos

kangaroo kangaroos hippo hippos

Nouns endin g in - y, preceded by a consonant, form their plural by changing –y into –i and adding –es,

e.g.

Singular Plural Singular Plural

City Cities Duty Duties

Baby Babies Lady Ladies

Army Armies Story Stories

Nouns endin g in - y, preceded by a vowels, form their plural by adding –s to the singular,

e.g.

Singular Plural Singular Plural

Boy Boys Day Days

Monkey Monkeys Key Keys

Toy Toys Way Ways

Nouns endin g in -f or -fe form their plural by changing -for -fe into v and adding -es ; as,

e.g.

Singular Plural Singular Plural

Calf Calves Thief Thieves

Leafe Leaves Knife Knives

Self Selves Wife Wives

some nouns that end in f are made plural simply by adding s.

e.g.
Singular Plural Singular Plural

chief chiefs handkerchief handkerchiefs

roof roofs cliff cliffs

Some nouns that end in f can be made plural in two ways.

e.g.

Singular Plural Plural

scarf scarfs scarves

hoof hoofs hooves

wharf wharfs wharves

dwarf dwarfs dwarves

Irregular nouns :

A few nouns form their plural by changing the i nside vowel of t he singlar; as,

e.g.

Singular Plural Singular Plural

Man Men Thief Thieves

Woman Women Tooth Theeth

Analysis Analyses Goose Geese

A few nous form their plural b y adding –en to singular: as

e.g.

Singular Plural Singular Plural

Ox Oxen Child children

Some nouns have the singular and the plural alike.

e.g.

Sheep Deer Swine Cod

Trout salmon aircraft spacecraft

Series species pair score

 thousand (when
used after
Hundred numerals) gross

Some nouns are used only in the plural.

These nouns are always plural.

e.g.

Scissors Spectacles Tongs Trousers

Drawers Draughts Jeans pyjamas

Mumps Measles Billiards Assets

thanks tidings aims riches

shorts pants binoculars scissors

Some nouns are used commonly in Singular.

The following nouns look plural but are in fact singular

e.g.

Civics Maths News Physics

electronics measles billiards Politics

Certai n collective Nouns though singular in form, are alwa ys used as plurals: as

e.g.

poultry cattle people gentry

Some nouns given different meaning when the y are in singular and plural.

e.g.

Singular Meaning Plural Meaning

Air Gas around us Airs unnatural manners

Good Fine, nice Goods Luggage

Copper a kind of metal Coppers police men

Wood Timber Woods forest

Compass Range Compasses an instrument for drawing circles

Respect Regard Respects Compliments

 Physic medicine Physics natural science

Force strength Forces troops

The plural form for numbers and letters is made by adding apostrophe and s.

e.g.

do’s and don’ts Two 2’s are four

THE NOUN - PERSON

Definition :
A person or thing that is addressed is said to be the Vocative Case or Nominative of Address.

Function of a Noun

A noun can have one of the following five uses or functions

 The subject of a verb:
e.g. David sings well
 The object of a transitive verb:
e.g. He bought a pen
 The complement of an incomplete verb:
e.g. My brother is a doctor
 The object of a preposition.
e.g. He went by this door
 In opposition to the noun that goes before it.
e.g. David, my cousin, is a great scholar

 THE NOUN - CASE

 (1.Nominative, 2.Objective or Accusative, 3.Possessive or Genitive, 4.Vocative or Nominative of Address, 5.Dative)
 The Case of a noun can be classified into FIVE.
 1. Nominative Case
 Definition :
 A noun or a pronoun, when it is used as the SUBJECT OF A VERB, it is said to be in the Nominative
Case.
 e.g.

He bought a book

 In the given example ‘He’ is the subject. It is the answer to the question who bought the book? “Bought the
book?” is the Predicate and it contains the Verb ‘Bought’. So the noun ‘He’ is said to be in the Nominative
Case.
 e.g.

Jems was a Singer Proper Noun

Stars shine at night Common Noun

Platinum is very precious Material Noun

The army advanced Collective Noun


 Note :To find the Nominative Case ask the question WHO or WHAT to the verb
 2. Objective or Accusative Case
 Definition :
 A noun or a pronoun, when it is used as the OBJECT OF A VERB, it is said to be in theOBJECTIVE
CASE.
 e.g.

John killed a dog.

 In the given example ‘A dog’ is teh answer to the question ‘What did John kill’? Therefore the noun ‘ dog ’ is
called the OBJECT and it is said in the Objective Case.
 e.g.

Jems broke the door Common Noun

He saw teh crowd Collective Noun

We went to London Proper Noun

Dhoni sold all his Gold Material Noun


 Note : To find the Objective or Accusative Case put WHOM or WHAT before the verb and its object.

 3. Prossessive or Genitive Case
 Definition :
 A noun or a pronoun, when it is used to show owenership or possessi on, authority, origin, kind etc.,
 It is said to be in the Possessive or Genitive Case.
 e.g.

This is John’s bike.

 When the noun is Singular, the Possessive Case is formed by adding ‘S’ (apostrophe S) to the noun and when
it is ‘S’ ending Plural by adding an apostrophe after the ‘S’ (S’)
 e.g.

Singular Possessive Plural Possessive

Boy Boy’s Boys Boys’

Book Book’s Books Books’

Girl Girl’s Girls Girls’

Man Man’s Men Men’s

Our Ours Women Women’s

My Mine Parents Parents’ Day

You Yours

80 80s’

2009 2009’s

It Its

Who Whose

 4. Vocative Case or Nominative Case

 Definition :
 When the noun is the name of a person SPOKEN TO or ADDRESSE D, it is said to be in the Vocative
case or we call its case, t he Nominati ve of ad dress

Sit down, Peter


 Note : Here Peter is addressed.
 Dative Case
 Definition :
 When a noun indicates the indirect object of the verb - generally, ‘GIVE’ it is said to be in the Dative
Case.

David gave Mirza a pen

 In the above sentence David was the person to whom Mi rz a gave a pen. The Indirect object of a verb
denotes the person to whom e something is given or f or whom something is done.

Mirza bought Sachin a letter. Get Sachin an umbrella.

COMPOUND NOUNS

Definition :
When we put two or more words together to create a new word, we have made a compound noun.

Nouns of more than one word are called compound nouns.

e.g.

noun + noun police officer ice-cream firefighter

noun + verb carwash haircut milkshake

verb + noun cross-road cookbook jump rope

adjective + noun black eye blue jeans hotdog

adverb + noun on-looker downtime overtime

adverb + verb input output upswing

Compound nouns can take three forms: hyphenated, solid and open.
HYPHENATED COMPOUNDS

When two or more words are connected by one or more hyphens, the result is a hyphenated compound. Some
compound words are hyphenated to avoid being misread or ambiguous.
e.g.

sister-in-law jack-in-the-box state-of-the-art

shout-out mind-set five-year-old

SOLID COMPOUNDS

Solid compounds are words that are used as a single unit of meaning and it is closed up as solid, or closed,
compounds.
e.g.

rollback restroom whatever

breakfast needlepoint slingshot

OPEN COMPOUNDS

Sometimes no hyphenating or closing up is necessary to form a compound. Open compounds are words that are
used as a single unit of meaning but are still written separately as two words.
e.g.

wet nurse roller coaster whatever

sleeping bag first aid mug shot

Learn More about Compound Words:

COMPOUND WORDS

Definition :
Forming Compound Words : A compound is a unit consisting of two or more base words. Compound words
are, for the most part, nouns, adjectives and verbs.

There are different types of compound words in English.

SOME IMPORTANT COMPOUND WORDS USING (NOUN + VERB)

Noun and Verb List

e.g.

Noun Verb Compound Word

snow drop snow drop

air dash air dash

tongue slip tongue slip

book mark book mark

time line timeline

monthly pay monthlypay

sun set sunset

show show showshow

lay break laybreak

tooth ache toothache

tie knot tieknot

root cause rootcause

head line headline

ear mark earmark

brow beat browbeat

type write typewrite

back bite backbite

way lay waylay

bus stop busstop

cloud burst cloud burst

bee sting bee sting

hand shake hand shake

house arrest house arrest

earth quake earth quake

head ache head ache

moon lit moonlit

blood shed blood shed

telephone call telephone call

SOME IMPORTANT COMPOUND WORDS USING (NOUN + GERUND)

Noun and Gerund List

e.g.

Noun Gerund Compound Word

cat walking cat walking

air blowing air blowing

white washing white washing

time consuming time consuming

account checking account checking

time serving time serving

ear piercing ear piercing

heart rending heart rending

English training English training

book binding book-binding

day dreaming day dreaming

bread baking bread baking

heart bleading heart bleading

account checking account checking

test driving test driving

mind reading mind reading

snow skidding snow skidding

mountain trekking mountain trekking

cross heading cross heading

slow cycling slow cycling

thought provoking thought provoking

bird provoking bird watching

eve teasing eve teasing

freedom loving freedom loving

house cleaning house cleaning

SOME IMPORTANT COMPOUND WORDS USING (GERUND + NOUN)

Gerund and Noun List

e.g.

Gerund Noun Compound Word

sleeping room sleepingroom

sitting bench sittingbench

resting room restingroom

waiting hall waitinghall

cooking gas cookinggas

learning material learningmaterial

driving school drivingschool

fishing net fishingnet

starring hero starring hero

glittering jewels glittering jewels

visiting card visiting card

waiting list waiting list

helping hand helping hand

peeping Tom peeping Tom

blotting paper blotting paper

living room living room

cleaning lady cleaning lady

spinning wheel spinning wheel

steering wheel steering wheel

swimming pool swimming pool

washing machine washing machine

drinking water drinking water

sleeping pill sleeping pill

working day working day

writing desk writingdesk

drawing room drawingroom

tooking glass tookingglass

stepping stone steppingstone

blotting paper blottingpaper

writing desk writingdesk

passing cloud passingcloud

spelling book spellingbook

SOME IMPORTANT COMPOUND WORDS USING (NOUN + NOUN)

Noun and Noun List

e.g.
Noun Noun Compound Word

tax payer taxpayer

head teacher headteacher

money market moneymarket

time table timetable

picture book picturebook

field glasses fieldglasses

engine driver enginedriver

crime novel crimenovel

black board blackboard

cell phone cellphone

blue whale bluewhale

rail road railroad

servant maid servantmaid

cricket ball cricketball

garden flowers gardenflowers

family business familybusiness

post card postcard

air ticket airticket

hand bag handbag

sun light sunlight

SOME IMPORTANT COMPOUND WORDS USING (NOUN + ADJECTIVE)

Noun and Adjective List

e.g.
Noun Adjective Compound Word

force full forcefull

care full carefull

bad tempered badtempered

beauty full beautyfull

down ward downward

grate full gratefull

harm less harmless

black gold blackgold

silk soft silksoft

milk white milkwhite

dead slow deadslow

mercy less mercyless

picture perfect pictureperfect

snow white snowwhite

home sick homesick

honey sweet honeysweet

age less ageless

accident prone accidentprone

round about roundabout

red hot redhot

SOME IMPORTANT COMPOUND WORDS USING (PREPOSITION + NOUN)

Preposition and Noun List

e.g.
Preposition Noun Compound Word

over bridge overbridge

in box inbox

off day offday

by line by line

under class underclass

out law outlaw

fore thought forethought

fore sight foresight

over coat overcoat

off spring offspring

after noon afternoon

by path bypath

in mate inmate

down fall downfall

in side inside

middle man middleman

down hill downhill

up land upland

top hat tophat

OTHER COMPOUND WORDS

e.g.

good (adj) + for (prep) + anything (n) good for nothing

fall (adj) + from (prep) + grace (n) fall from grace

dance (adj) + upon (prep) + nothing (n) dance upon nothing

experience (v) + of (prep) + meeting (n) experience of meeting

food (n) + for (prep) + thought (n) food for thought

short (adj) + range (verb) shortrange

lang (adj) + awaited (v) longawaited

well (adj) + kept (v) well kept

free (adj) + born(v) freeborn

under (adj) + fed (v) underfed

free (adj) + fall(v) freefall

tell (v) + tale(n) telltale

Compound Word Using in Sentences :

Even a straight walking stick has a crooked end

As the family lost the sole bread winner, they were shocked

The water table in Amazan river basin has gone down

The time table for the examination will be announced next week

The new boss overhauled the existing pattern of work

I over heard some abusive remarks but ignored them

You can overcome any challenge in life if you have hope

The earth quake shook the whole of Asia

My school is at a stone’s throw from my home

I hate blood shed even for a holy sacrifice

Food ball lovers often end up in violence

There are many flower plants in my kitchen garden

Tape recorders have become obsolete after the advent of DVD players
Black boards still dominate class room teachin in India

Gandhi’s birth place has become a holy spot now.

A woman is a gateway of souls

Eye sight is God’s gift to us

Drive slowly since your car has air brake

Eve teasing is an offence

Don’t be a devil behind the steering wheel

Education is every one’s brith right in England

Child marriage is an offence

Child-windowhood is a cruel thing

Now a days educated women do not have inferiority complex

Learning is a life-long journey

Education can elevate a low-born child to the highest office in the world

The air-crew was disturbed by a strange signal in the radar

A bird flew overhead

The air-rids did not deter the Japanese from doing their routine work

As the engine driver received all clear signal, he started the train

If wather conditions are conducive, Paris will get more rains

Real estate business is picking up even in small towns

Party leadership decided to ask the controversial minister to resign

Do not with hold your inner desire to give others what they deserve

Some hard-headed people involve in anti-social activities

The chain reaction caused by the atom bomb was horrible

A school boy believes that the world goes round him

English speaking people feel at home using computer

New fangled ideas of the youngesters on fashion irritate old people

The landslides threatened the trekkers

THE NOUN - EXERCIES

Find Common, Proper, Abstract, Material, Collective, Countable, Uncountable, Concrete Nouns from the following
list.

1. Which of the following noun is a Proper Noun?

a) singer b) Peter c) milk d) sister Answer

2. Which of the following noun is a Common Noun?

a) birds b) London c) iron d) India Answer

3. Which of the following noun is a Collective Noun?

a) team b) book c) marbles d) ships Answer

4. Artist is a ............ Noun?

a) Collective b) Abstract c) Concrete d) Countable Answer

5. Family is a ............ Noun?

a) Collective b) Abstract c) Concrete d) Countable Answer

6. Which of the following noun is not a Abstract Noun?

a) goodness b) bravery c) family d) childhood Answer

7. Which of the following noun is not a Countable Noun?

a) books b) gold c) horse d) apple Answer

8. Which of the following noun is not a Proper Noun?

a) team b) London c) Monday d) Nelson Answer

9. Birds fly in the sky.

a) Proper Noun b) Common Noun c) Abstract Noun d) Collective Noun Answer

10. I saw a bunch of grapes.

a) Common Noun b) Material Noun c) Collective Noun d) Abstract Noun Answer

Fill in the blanks in the fowlloing sentences with suitable collective nouns :

( good ness, bunch, iron, chain, queen, school, hive, set, wood, horse, paper )

1. I have lost a ........... of keys.

2. There seems to be a plan behind this ........ of events.

3. There is a large ........ of fish near the coast.

4. Do not disturb that ...... of bees.

5. There is a fine ..... of pictures in the palace.

Fill in the blanks in the fowlloing sentences with Feminine forms of the words given at the end :

( lass, niece, mare, baroness, spinster, heroine, priestess, heiress, hostess )

1. She is the ...... of the story. (hero)

2. The young ..... did not know what to say. (lad)

3. She remained a ..... all her life. (bachelor)

4. He bought a beautiful chestnut ......(horse)

5. The ..... wore a diamond necklace. (baron)

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the Plural of the words given at the end :

1. She is the ...... of the story. (synopsis)

2. I saw many ....... on the underside of the leaf. (larva)

3. The building was six ..... high. (storey)

4. My two ...... have come to see me.(son-in-law)

5. He is good at telling funny ....... (story)

Common Nouns Exercises: Name the professionals

1. One who cuts hair is a . Answer

2. One who cures sick people is a . Answer

3. One who sells medicines and drugs is a . Answer

4. One who makes bread is a . Answer

5. One who operates on sick people is a . Answer

6. One who makes chairs and tables is a . Answer

7. One who sells tickets on a buss is a . Answer

8. One who cultivates the land is a . Answer