3rd Class English Noun Practice Exercise

     Practice Exercise

Choose the nouns from the sentences or underline sentence and write kind of Noun.  

  Smith is a good boy.

Answer:

Proper Noun: A proper noun is the name of a particular person. So, Smith is a name of a particular person.  

  My mother is going to market.

Answer:

Common Noun: A common name is the name given to the class of person. So, mother is the class of person.  

  A _________of Keys

Answer:

Bunch (Collective Noun), A collective noun is the group or collection of things.  

  She is drinking water

Answer:

Material Noun: A material noun is the name of substance. So, water is the name of substance.  

  Everybody wants to lead peaceful life.

Answer:

Abstract Noun: An abstract noun is the name of some state, quality, feeling or idea. So, peaceful is the name of feeling.  

  Find the kind of noun the underline word has. The colour of milk is white.

(A) Common noun                                         

(B) Proper noun

(C) Collective noun                                         

(D) Material noun

(E) None of these  

Answer: (D)

Explanation :

Milk is material noun. Therefore, option (D) is correct and rest of the options is incorrect.  

  Which one of the following options is correct to complete the sentence? A of people.

(A) Crowd (Proper Noun)                            

(B) Crowd (Common Noun)

(C) Crowd (Collective Noun)                      

(D) Crowd (Material Noun)

(E) Crowd (Abstract Noun)  

Answer: (c)

Explanation:

Crowd is collective noun. Therefore, option (C) is correct and rest of the options is incorrect.  

• Noun is the name of a person, place, animal, bird or thing.
• A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, thing or animal.
• A common noun is the name given to the class of person, place, animal or thing.
• A collective noun is the name of a group or collection of person things or animal.
• A material noun is the name of a substance which can be measured or weighed.
• An abstract noun is the name of some state, quality, feeling or idea that we can only think or feel but cannot touch or see.