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Time to study language
You have learnt that proper nouns are names of particular people, animals or places
and common nouns are names of people, animals, things or places in general.
A. Circle the common nouns and underline the proper nouns in these
sentences.
1. My favourite pastry is blueberry pastry.
2. Mrinal’s grandfather is called Grandpa Jayesh.
3. He lives near Naini Temple in Nainital.
4. My favourite cricketer is MS Dhoni.
5. Captain loves to play with the other dogs.
6. Saima’s favourite game is hockey.
Look at the pictures. Read the groups of words.
a clump of trees a class of students a herd of goats
a range of mountains a troupe of dancers a chest of drawers
The highlighted words tell us about a collection of people, things or animals.
Nouns that tell us about a collection of people, animals or things are called
collective nouns.
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