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3 Nouns

Warm-up

Fill in the blanks with suitable nouns.

1. played with a .

2. The said, ‘I respect your .’

3. baked a delicious yesterday.

4. When lost the , she was in great .

5. The pink has many .

6. asked his elder to help him find his

.

7. The was so boring that the fell asleep.

8. I saw a of geese flying above my .

Nouns are the names of people, places, animals, things, ideas and feelings.

Kinds of Nouns

Nouns are of four kinds.

1. Proper nouns: These are the names of specific people, places, animals or things.
For example, Ahmed, Radha, Delhi, Tuffy, Willy, the Pacific Ocean, the
Ganga, the Ramayana and The Times of India. Proper nouns always begin with
a capital letter.
2. Common nouns: These are the names of people, places, animals or things in
general. For example, boy, girl, man, woman, river, sea, bird, mountain, book,
pen, field, garden, road.

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