Scholar's JUNIOR ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION || Lesson 6: THE NOUN Page 33

Exercise 1. Arrange these words in eight lists:

(Person, Places, Animals, Things, Qualities, States, Actions, Feelings)

chair, Amita, surprise, poverty, pigeon, fox, cot, pencil, richness, milkman, Modinagar, spider, doctor, wonder, field, cap, woman, bat, truth, deed, orchard, town, sadness, uncle, Poland, ass, innocence, freedom, joy, gait, virtue, goodness, agreement, motion, laziness, shame, slavery, prosperity, ball.)

Ans:

Person - Amita, milkman, doctor, woman, uncle

Places - Modinagar, town, Poland

Animals - pigeon, fox, spider, ass, bat,

Things - chair, cot, pencil, cap, ball

Qualities - innocence, virtue

States - richness, sadness, goodness, laziness, freedom, slavery, prosperity,

Actions - deed, gait, agreement, motion

Feelings - shame, joy, wonder, surprise

Exercise 2. Underline all nouns in the following sentences. What does each of them name?

1. Asha has won a trophy.

Ans: Asha - Person

        Trophy - Things

2. Dogs have curved tails.

Ans: Dogs - Animals

        Tails - Things

3. Rama was an obedient son.

Ans: Rama - Person

        Son - Person

4. Gopal was born at Chandigarh.

Ans: Gopal - Person

        Chandigarh - Place

5. Bread is made of flour.

Ans: Bread & flour - Things

6. There is little medicine in the bottle.

Ans: Medicine & Bottle - Things

7. The heat of the sun melts the snow.

Ans: Sun & Snow - Things

8. The boat capsized in the river.

Ans: Boat - Things

        

9. Your brother has fared well in the test.

Ans: Brother - Person

10. The oxen draw our carts and work our wells.

Ans: Oxen - Animal

        Carts & Wells - Things

11. There is a partridge in the cage.

Ans: Partridge - Animals

        Cage - Things

12. This building is made of red stone.

Ans: Building & Stone - Things

13. Our school is a long way off.

Ans: School - Things

14. My cousin has written an interesting story.

Ans: Cousin - Person

        Story - Thing

15. All quadrupeds can run fast.

Ans: Quadrupeds - Animal

        

16. Birds fly but turtles swim.

Ans: Birds & Turtle - Animals

17. The cuckoo sings with a shrill voice.

Ans: Cuckoo - Animal

        Shrill - Quality

18. My office has four chairs and a table.

Ans: Chair & Table - Things

19. Your answer to my question is correct.

Ans: Answer & Question - Things

20. Daddy has a new suit on.

Ans: Daddy - Person

        Suit - Thing

21. Butchers sell us meat and fish.

Ans: Butchers - Person

        Meat & Fish - Things

22. Poverty tries friends.

Ans: Poverty - State

23. She was struck with grief.

Ans: Grief - Feeling

Exercise 3. Write the names of:

(a) six persons

Ans: Doctor, Nurse, Teacher, Anima, Pilot, Police

(b) six animals

Ans: Cow, Dog, Cat, Bird, Horse, Snake

(c) six things

Ans: Book, Pen, Scale, Pencil, Rubber, Eraser

(d) six places

Ans: Manipur, Megalaya, Nagaland, Assam, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura

(e) six qualities

Ans: Honesty, Kindness, Strength, Patience, Beauty, Truth

(f) six actions

Ans: Race, Song, Sleep, Gait, Deed, Work

(g) six states

Ans: Prosperity, Happiness, Slavery, Freedom, Courage, Bravery, Cowardice

(h) six feelings

Ans: Sorrow, Joy, Wonder, Amaze, Sympathy,  Fear,

(i) six arts

Ans: Literature, Equestrianism, Archery, Math, Calligraphy, Music

(j) six subjects

Ans: English, Math, English, Social Science, Geography, Hindi

Exercise 4. Fill up each blank with a suitable noun.

1. Write with a pen and cut with a knife.

2. My father is seriously ill.

3. Gopi and Hari are best friends.

4. The dogs chased the fox in the jungle.

5. The name of our motherland is India.

6. The farmers grow wheat for us in the paddy field.

7. There is no player in the play-ground.

8. New Delhi is the largest city in India.

9. This is a very interesting story.

10. I am unwell; send for the doctor at once.

11. The boys and the girls are playing in the field.

12. Indian Soldiers are the bravest in the world.

13. Television is the latest means of entertainment.

14. My father reads a newspaper daily in the morning.

15. Horses are kept in a stable and pigs in a sty.

16. There are many trees in the garden.

17. Cars, buses, trucks and tempos are means of transportation.

18. A nation's strength is her people.

Exercise 5. Use these nouns in sentences:

(a) mother, teacher, cousin, friend, uncle, husband

Mother: I help my mother in her work, do you?

Teacher : He asks many questions to the teacher.

Cousin : I love my cousin.

Friend: True friends never waste our time.

Uncle : My uncle lives in Delhi.

Husband : She has a wonderful husband.