1.1.1 Noun

Noun is a word used as the name of a person, place, thing, animal or an idea. Types of nouns: Proper noun, Common noun, Collective noun, Abstract noun, Material noun.

Exercises with Answers:

1. Pick out the words from the list and put them appropriately in the table.

David, Madurai, parrot, happiness, book, thought, green, tiger, Trichy, computer, Narayanan, fan, sister, Kalam, woman, pencil, Bharathi, problem, brother, Mumbai, swan, elephant, Vijay, solution, success, school, convent.

Person	Place	Thing	Animal	Ideas/Feelings
David	Madurai	Book	Parrot	Happiness
Narayanan	Trichy	Green	Tiger	Thought
Sister	Mumbai	Computer	Swan	Problem
Kalam	School	Fan	Elephant	Solution
Woman	Convent	Pencil		Success
Bharathi
Brother
Vijay

2. Read the following paragraph and pick out the different types of nouns and put them in the table.

Hobby is an activity that we enjoy doing in our free time. It keeps us busy in our leisure time. People choose their hobby on the basis of their interests and personality. Do you know what Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s hobby was?

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