Nouns
Common Nouns and Proper Nouns
A common noun is a general name for a
class of objects. People or places.
-
Teacher ,
cup,park,kitten,country
A Proper Nouns is name of a
specific person ,place or thing . A proper
noun always begins with a
capital letter.
-
George Smith,Boston,Disney World
A.
Underline
the common nouns and circle
the proper nouns
in each sentence.
1.
Tom the picnic
2.
Paris France
3.
Gold
and silver Jewels
4.
My parents Chicago
5.
The Nile
6.
The road snow
7.
Harry potter name a famous wizard
8.
Central
Park
9.
My friends football summer
10. Tim and
Judy dance contest
B.
Write a
common noun to match
each proper noun.
1.
City
2.
Festival
3.
Country
4.
River
5.
Character
6.
Ocean
A.
Complete
these sentences by using the plural form of the word given in the brackets.
1.
Dogs
2.
Stories
3.
Shelves
4.
Oxes
5.
Switches
6.
Countries
7.
Dishes
8.
Hobbies
9.
Leaves
10. Sheep
Possessive
Nouns
A possessive form of a noun shows
ownership
A singular noun
is changed into the possessive form by adding an apostrophe(‘) and –s.
A
plural noun that ends with –s or –es can be changed into the possessive form by
adding an apostrophe.
Plural
nouns that do not end in –s or –es can be changed into the possessive form by
adding an apostrophe and –s.
Complete
these sentences using the possessive form of the word given in brackets.
1.
aunt’s
2.
Anna’s
3.
Tom’s
4.
greengrocer’s
5.
lion’s
6.
Enid
Blytons’
7.
nightingal’s
8.
soldiers’
9.
men’s
10. sisters’
Compound Nouns
A noun that is
made up of two or more words is called a compound noun.
Write the plural
forms of these compound nouns.
1.
Passers – by
2.
Blackboards
3.
Watering can
4.
Great-uncles
5.
Lighthouses
6.
Houses hold
7.
Shopskeeper
8.
Handouts
9.
Knockouts
10. Sons-in-law
Nouns
Appositives
An
appositive is a noun that follows and explains another noun.
An
appositive phrase is a group of words that describes a noun.
A. Complete these sentences with appropriate
appositives.
1.
distant
relative
2.
person name
3.
Teacher name
4.
Cat name
5.
The
countries of Europe
B. Underline the appositive phrases in these
sentences.
1.
Our neighbor
2.
A famous
musician
3.
The closest
planet to Earth
4.
A drink
prepared from roasted coffee beans
5.
A country in
the Himalayas
6.
A fruit that
grows only in tropical countries
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