Pick nouns from the following statements and state if they are proper nouns or common nouns: A lark made a nest in the corn-field. Roshan is a farmer. Kiran was taken by the angel to the hall. My arms are dirty. Abdullah hired out his camels to other merchants. A holy man came and began […]
Nouns (Grade 5)
Fill in the blanks with noun forms of the verbs given in brackets: One _______________ is required to this list. (add) This _________________ needs to be renewed. (agree) People’s _______________ in God is unshakable. (believe) ______________________ is important for good health. (clean) There is a lot of ______________________ among students. (compete) You must have the […]
Plurals
Plural of a noun is generally formed by adding s/es to the singular form of noun. eg. ball-balls, place-places, bed-beds words ending in o/ch/sh/ss/x take es bench-benches, potato-potatoes, fox-foxes * nouns ending in y are made plurals by dropping y and adding ies eg. lady-ladies, fairy-fairies However, if y follows a vowel in the noun, […]
Nouns
There are four kinds of noun: Common noun: A name of any thing or person or place which is common to many e.g. table, cat, girl Proper noun: A name of any person or place which is specific to one e.g. China, John, Paris Abstract noun: A name which defines an emotion or state or situation e.g. fear, […]
Hairs??
” She’s got beautiful hairs!” ‘Hairs‘!!!! Often used but in the wrong context. When you refer to someone’s hair (all the hair on one’s head) it is referred to in a collective manner, and so is considered uncountable. Hence it always takes the singular form only, just like furniture. ” She’s got beautiful hair!” However, […]