LUCKNOW PUBLIC SCHOOL

(A C. P. SINGH FOUNDATION)

ENGLISH
CLASS – VI and VII
 Nounis the name given to a thing, person, object (animate or inanimate) or
feeling e.g.,
Ram, man, dog, book, tree, light, love etc.

 Common Noun: A Common Noun is a name given in common to every person

or thing of the same class or kind.
Examples:
I like bananas.
It is a beautiful park.
He flies a kite in the sky.
Girls are playing.

 Proper Noun: A Proper Noun is the special name of a particular person or

place
Examples:
Shweta is my friend.
I live in Kolkata.
Chandigarh is a beautiful place.
Harsh is an intelligent boy.

 Collective Noun: When a noun stands for a collection of persons or things,

considered as one complete whole, it is called Collective Noun.
Examples:
I purchased a bunch of grapes.
I saw a herd of cattle.
Our class consists of forty students.
There was a big crowd on the road.

 Material Noun: A noun which stands for the matter or substance of which
things are made is called Material Noun.
 Examples:
This chair is made of wood.
The chain is made of gold.
Clothes are made of cotton, wool and silk.

 Countable nouns like book, man etc

Uncountable nouns like light, bread etc.

Activity for the first day .

Collective Noun Material Noun

List of words - Oxford University, milk, New York Governorship, Mother, father, John,
Carry, baby, crowd, cluster, cotton, protein,

Day 2

Abstract Noun - An Abstract Noun is the name given to a quality, a state or a concept.
These are something which we can neither see nor touch but which we can only feel
or think of them.

 Anger
 Charity
 Deceit
 Evil
 Idea
  Hope
 Luck
 Patience
 Tolerance
 Wisdom

Countable Noun - Countable nouns are for things we can count using numbers.
They have singular and a plural form. The singular form can use the determiner
"a" or "an".
Note – They have a singular and a plural form.

Examples
 She has three dogs.
 I own a house.
 I would like two books please.
 How many friends do you have?

Uncountable Noun-nouns are for the things that we cannot count with
numbers. They may be the names for abstract ideas or qualities or for physical
objects that are too small or too amorphous to be counted (liquids, powders,
gases, etc.). Uncountable nouns are used with a singular verb. They usually do
not have a plural form.

Examples
 tea
 sugar
 water
 air
 rice
 knowledge
 beauty
 anger
 fear
 love
 money
 research
 safety
 evidence

Activity 2 - for the second day.

Label the picture write C for countable noun and U for uncountable noun.

Day 3
 There are four types of gender nouns in English.

 Masculine gender nouns are words for men, boys, and male animals.
 Feminine gender nouns are words for women, girls and female animals.
 Common gender nouns are nouns that are used for both males and females.
 Neuter gender nouns are words for things that are not alive.
Gender Nouns for People
Here are some examples of masculine and feminine nouns for people.
Male Female

Actor actress

Boy girl

Bridegroom bride

Brother sister

Count countess

Dad mom

Duke duchess

Emperor empress

Father mother

Gentleman lady

Grandfather grandmother

Heir heiress

Host hostess

Husband wife

King queen

Landlord landlady

Man woman

Nephew niece

Policeman policewoman
 Prince princess

Sir madam

Son daughter

Steward stewardess

Uncle aunt

Waiter waitress

Widower widow

Wizard witch

Gender Nouns for Animals

Here are some examples of masculine and feminine nouns for animals.
Animal Masculine Feminine

bear boar sow

cat tom queen

cattle bull cow

chicken rooster hen

deer buck or stag doe or hind

donkey jack jenny

duck drake duck

elephant bull cow

fox dog vixen

goose gander goose

horse stallion mare

 leopard leopard leopardess

lion lion lioness

peacock peacock peahen

pig boar sow

rabbit buck doe

sheep ram ewe

swan cob pen

tiger tiger tigress

whale bull cow

Neuter Gender Nouns

Here are some examples of neuter gender nouns that are used for objects and
places.
Hospital school

Knife chair

Cave floor

Phone fire

Pen stick

Book bag

Pencil crayons

Flower shoes
Number Noun
A noun which is used for only one person or thing is said to be in the Singular
Number. Example: girl, man, child, pen, table, chair etc.
A noun which is used for more than one person or thing is said to be in the Plural
Number. Example: girls, men, children, pens tables, chairs etc.
 Teacher’s Note – Need to explain the rules of framing the plural of Nouns and give
the list of words to them in a worksheet .
Rules of Forming the Plural of Nouns
Rule 1: Most Singular Nouns form their Plurals by adding –s.
Example:

Rule 2: Nouns that ends in –s, -ss, -x, -sh, or –ch form their Plurals by adding –es
to the Singular
Rule 3: Noun that ends in –y, and the –y has a consonant before it, its Plural is
formed by changing –y into –ies; as,
Example:

Rule 4: But if the Noun ends in –y, and the –y has a vowel before it, its Plural is
formed by adding –s to the Singular
Example:
 
Rule 5: Noun that ends in –f or –fe form their Plurals by changing –f or –fe into –
ves
Example:

 
But the following Nouns form their Plurals by simply adding –s to the Singular
Example:

Rule 6: Nouns that ends in –o, if they have a consonant before them, generally
form their Plurals by adding –es to the Singular
Example:
 
Rule 7: The following Nouns form their Plurals by a change of the inside vowel
Example:

Rule 8: The following Nouns form their Plurals in –en or –ren

Example:

 
Rule 9: Compound Noun and their Plurals
Example:
Rule 10: The following Nouns have the same form for the Plural as for the
Singular.
Example:

 
Rule 11: The following Nouns are always Singular:
Example:
Rule 12: The following Nouns are always Plural:
Example:

 
Rule 13: When the subject changes from Singular to Plural the Predicate of the
sentence must change too.
Example:
Activity 3 - For the third day.

Choose the correct gender group for each of the following noun.

1. Aunt
a. Masculine Gender
b. Feminine Gender
c. Common gender
d. Neuter Gender
2. School
a. Masculine Gender
b. Feminine Gender
c. Common gender
d. Neuter Gender
3. Lion
a. Masculine Gender
b. Feminine Gender
c. Common gender
d. Neuter Gender
4. Students
a. Masculine Gender
b. Feminine Gender
c. Common gender
d. Neuter Gender
5. Wife
a. Masculine Gender
b. Feminine Gender
c. Common gender
d. Neuter Gender
Kiran Shukla