Nouns and their different types
What is a noun?
The name of a person, place animal or thing is called a noun.
What are the different types of nouns?
The different types of nouns are common nouns, proper nouns and collective nouns.
Common Nouns:
The names that are given to most of the common things around us is called common nouns for example, toy, dog, cat, home, swimming pool etc.
Proper Nouns
The particular name of the person, place or things can be called as proper nouns. The specific names of a person such as Neena, Rahul, Priya so on. The particular place such as New York City, Bangalore, St. Mary's Convent and so on.
Note: Proper nouns always begin with a capital letter
Collective Nouns
The collective nouns are the names of groups of people, animals, birds, or things that are taken together and often spoke as one whole. For example, staff, crew, troupe, flock, herd and so on.
Exercise 1. Common Nouns
The girls were dancing on the stage.
Boston city experienced a heavy snowfall on 8th October 1988
I forgot my lunchbox at home today.
I love to see the underground tunnels.
The lady was trying to steal a cow that was grazing on the farm.
Exercise 2. Proper Nouns
Sanah is my best friend
Aam Talab is a historic place in my city Raichur, Karnataka.
The Qutub Minar, in Delhi was built by Qutbuddin-Aibak.
My school is on Kanaka Pura road
Exercise 3. Collective Nouns
A bundle of sticks
The crew and cast of the movie
The football team of Argentina
An army of soldiers
A pod of Dolphins
A little of puppies in the garden.
Exercise 4: Identify the nouns in the given sentences and group them accordingly.
Proper Noun Common Noun
Tommy is my dog. Tommy dog
We can find many tigers in South Africa. South Africa tigers
Manali is a cold city. Manali city
Poonam is my best friend. Poonam friend
My cousin is here. Her name is Monica. Monica cousin
My friend was born in May. May friend
Europe is a beautiful continent. Europe continent
Niranjana is a famous dancer. Niranjana dancer
Dr. Kumar treats his patients well Dr. Kumar patients
We have holiday on Saturday Saturday holiday
Chandragupta Maurya was a great king Chandragupta Maurya king
Priya is older than her brother Priya brother
Meera likes to play with her toys Meera toys
Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest cricketer in the world. Sachin Tendulkar cricketer
Exercise 5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate collective nouns.
A bunch of grapes.
A fleet of ambulances/ships.
A swarm of bees.
A gang of thieves.
A flock of birds.
A pack of wolves
A shoal/school of fish
A band of singers
A pride of lions
A clump of trees
Exercise 6. Complete the picture.
Exercise 8: Match the collective nouns from column A with appropriate ones in column B
A B
hay pack
trees clump
wolves flight
stairs band
musicians bundle
How can you help your child to understand nouns better?
During simple conversations ask them if the words are proper, collective or common nouns
For example, while they are having food, ask them the food name. Now tell them to categorize it. You can also do this while travelling, singing, dancing and even while having simple conversations.
Develop curiosity in your children. Do not give them direct answers, engage them in conversations which will enable them to ask questions.
