CLASS:VIII

TOPIC:NOUNS

DEFINITION

The Nouns are the names of persons, places, things, animals, ideas,etc.In fact, nouns is a
naming word.

PERSON PLACE ANIMAL THING IDEA/FEELING

Neha Restaurant Cat Book Happiness
Grandmother Delhi Lion Ball Love
Teacher Beach Fish Pen Honesty
doctor Chandigarh giraffe pizza Patience

KINDS OF NOUNS
 PROPER
 Pertain to the names of particular (specifically talking about something)
persons, places or things.


NAME OF TITLES BUILDINGS PLACE EVENTS MONTHS/

PEOPLE DAYS OF THE
WEEK
Kapil Mr Taj Mahal Europe Olympic January
Games
Rishabh Mrs India Gate London Republic August
Day
Sanya Professor Golden Sahara Christmas Saturday
Temple Desert

 Remember that proper nouns always begin with capital letters.

 COMMON
 Pertain to general names. These are given in common to every person or thing
of the same place or kind.
 Do not refer to particular persons, places or things but are common to all
persons or things in a particular category.

PEOPLE ANIMALS PLACE OBJECTS

Doctor Lion Mall Television
Architect Giraffe Market computer
Teacher Tiger School Spoon
Tailor Rat Hospital Fork
nurse cow library screw

 COLLECTIVE
 When a noun denotes collection or a group of people, animals or things taken
together as a whole.

PEOPLE ANIMAL THINGS

Crowd of people Herd of elephants Album of photographs
Team of cricketers Flock of sheep Bale of cotton
Class of students Army of ants Basket of fruit
pack of thieves Litter of puppies Bouquet of flowers
Army of soldiers Swarm of bees Bunch of keys
 Choir of singers Pack of wolves Bundle of sticks
Band of musicians A pride of lions Galaxy of stars
Board of directors Shoal of fish Clump of trees

 ABSTRACT
 Denotes a quality, an action or a state of being.
 Example: Honesty (quality), Poverty( state of being, comes from poor), Bravery
(brave)
 Formation of abstract nouns by adding suffix:
Kind-kindness
Weak-weakness
Short-shortage
Punish-punishment
Grow-growth
Destroy-destruction

 MATERIAL
 Denotes the matter or substance of which things are made.
 Substance can be liquid, solid or gas.
 It is always singular.
 Example: Jute , Copper
 COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE
Nouns which can be counted Nouns which cannot be counted
Pen Water
Town Happiness
Class rice
Books sugar
bags gold
Words generally used with them are one, Words generally used with these are a
a few, many, some little, much, some

 Certain nouns can be both countable and uncountable

Example :
We have bought to many cakes. (Countable)
I am hungry, please give me some cake. (Uncountable)
 Similarly, nouns like experience, adventure, fish, tea can be used as countable
or uncountable nouns depending on the context of the sentences:
Give me a cup of tea. (Countable)
 The adventure was exciting. (Countable)
He is fond of adventure. (Uncountable)

Here's a list of some uncountable nouns that we often use:

Could you give me
advice
some advice?
The old table was
dust
covered with dust.
Electricity runs
electricity
through this wire.
Could you give me
a list of the
equipment
equipment we
need for the trip?
What evidence is
evidence there against
John?
I could hardly see
fog because of the
thick fog.
We had a lot of
fun
fun at the party.
I really need to
buy some new
furniture
furniture for my
new flat.
How can we
happiness increase our
happiness?
The teacher would
like some help
help
with moving the
chairs.
How much
homework homework do you
get?
Nouns which are always plural

Some nouns are always used in a plural form and with a plural verb. You
can't count them in the normal way. Sometimes you can use phrases like
'one pair of' or 'three pairs of' if you'd like to count them. Nouns like this
are often clothes, or tools that have two parts. Here's a list of words that
are always plural:

My trousers are too long.

Trousers
Tights I need to wear tights with this dress.
Shorts He bought some blue shorts.
There are three pairs of scissors in the
Scissors
drawer.
Tweezers Could you pass me those tweezers?
Binoculars She gave me some binoculars.
Glasses (for seeing better) I've lost my glasses!
Sunglasses My sunglasses are in my bag.
Clothes She put her clothes in the suitcase.
Belongings Whose belongings are these?
Congratulations Many congratulations!
 CLASS:VIII

SUBJECT:ENGLISH

TOPIC:NOUNS

Ex 1.Fill in the blanks with suitable Nouns:

1.Two litres of ______________ is enough to make the pudding.

2.A______________ of bees gathered in the garden.

3.The ______________ marched to the battlefield.

4.Her _______________ was appreciated by the teacher.

5.the audience enjoyed the __________________.

6.The project has been prepared by the _____________ of class VIII.

7.The children are playing in the __________________.

8.Her bangles are made of__________________.

9.If we had _______________many problems would have been solved.

10.Sachin’s ________________ has made him what he is today.

Ex 2.Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of nouns given in the brackets.

1.We should give_____________ to the poor. (alm/alms)

2.It is not easy to break these doors made of_______________. (iron/irons)

3.Please buy two_______________ (juice cans/juices)

4.Do you like __________________? (fish/fishes)

5.He was giving her ________________ when the phone rang.(advice/advices)

Ex3. Point out the nouns in the following sentences and say whether they are common,
proper, collective, material or abstract.

1. Always speak the truth.

2. We all love honesty.

3. I have two children.

4. The lion is the king of the beasts.

5. Solomon was the wisest of all kings.

6. Cleanliness is next to godliness.

7. Birds of a feather flock together.

8. Who teaches you grammar?

9. The Nile is the longest of all rivers.

10. A committee of six was appointed to assess the situation.

11. Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India.

12. The boy was rewarded for his honesty.

13. He gave me an apple.

14. I recognized his voice at once.

15. You should never tell a lie.

16. Wisdom is better than riches.

17. He is on the jury.

18. Silver and gold are precious metals.

19. Still waters run deep.

20. The cackling of geese saved Rome.

21. Tubal Cain was a man of might.

22. Old habits die hard.

23. The early bird catches the worm.

24. It was Edison who invented the phonograph.