প্রথমে লেসনের বেইসিক পড়, তারপর অনুশীলনী প্র্যাকটিস কর।
Parts of Speech - Nouns
A noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing. It also one of the eight parts of
speech. Examples: man, city, book, and courage. Nouns often follow words like
a, an, and the.
Instructions: Pick out all the nouns in these sentences.
1. The teacher told the student that a person should always be loyal.
2. People with perseverance will be successful in life.
3. I bought a new pen at the drugstore across the street.
4. The man said to the policeman that he had not seen the accident.
Answers:
1. teacher, student, person
2. people, perseverance, life
3. pen, drugstore, street
4. man, policeman, accident
Lesson 17
Parts of Speech - Nouns
প্রথমে লেসনের বেইসিক পড়, তারপর অনুশীলনী প্র্যাকটিস কর।
Nouns can be singular or be plural in form. Plural means two or more.
Plurals are formed by adding s, es, changing y to i and adding
es, and with changes in
spelling as in man becoming men. Examples: car, cars; fox, foxes; baby, babies; man, men.
Instructions: Find the nouns in the following sentences. Some are plurals and some are not.
1. Computers are making work easier for secretaries.
2. Children always require great energies from parents.
3. Labours on farms take great effort by workers.
4. Ohe doesn't like puzzles or mathematics.
Answers:
1. Computers, work, secretaries.
2. Children, energies, parents.
3. Labors, farms, effort, workers.
Lesson 18
Parts of Speech - Nouns
প্রথমে লেসনের বেইসিক পড়, তারপর অনুশীলনী প্র্যাকটিস কর।
Nouns are classified into two general classifications, proper and common. Proper nouns
name a special person, place or thing and begin with capital letters. All other nouns
begin with small letters and are common nouns.
Examples of common nouns include: city, man, boat, and
radio. These could be changed into proper noun forms by naming
specifics: Salt Lake
City, Mr. Jones, Santa Maria, and Motorola.
Instructions: Pick out the nouns in these sentences and tell if they are common or proper.
1. Boby went with her sisters to Nondon on Friday.
2. My youngest son is in Brazil until September.
3. Mr. Harun works with his wife in American Express.
4. Love could bring marriage to Milan and Sumaia.
Answers:
1. Boby , Nondon , Friday - proper nouns; sisters - common noun
2. Brazil and September - proper nouns; son - common noun
3. Mr. Harun and American Express- proper nouns; wife - common noun
4. Milan and Sumaia- proper nouns; love and marriage - common nouns (love is capitalized
because it begins the sentence).
Lesson 19
Parts of Speech - Nouns
প্রথমে লেসনের বেইসিক পড়, তারপর অনুশীলনী প্র্যাকটিস কর।
Nouns can also be classified in specific ways. Concrete nouns, abstract nouns, and
compound nouns are three such ways. Concrete nouns name things that exist physically as
sidewalk, bird, toy, hair, and rain. Abstract nouns name ideas, characteristics, or
qualities as courage, pride, goodness, and success. Compound nouns are made up of more than
one word as dining room, Bill of Rights, Jeff Hansen, and home run.
Instructions: In the following sentences find the nouns and classify them as concrete, abstract, or
compound.
1. People like to see a home run hit over the wall.
2. My daughter works for the post office in Salt Lake City.
3. Rhode Island is a success although smaller than Texas.
4. Respect must be earned, but honesty should always be our policy.
Answers:
1. People and wall are concrete nouns.
Home run is a compound noun.
2. Daughter is a concrete noun, while
post office and Salt Lake City are compound nouns.
3. Rhode Island is compound;
success is abstract; Texas is concrete.
4. Respect, honesty, and policy abstract nouns.
Compound nouns can also be concrete or
abstract.
Lesson 20
Parts of Speech - Nouns
প্রথমে লেসনের বেইসিক পড়, তারপর অনুশীলনী প্র্যাকটিস কর।
Three other specific
classifications for nouns are collective nouns, count nouns, and mass nouns.
Collective nouns name groups, such as team, class, and choir.
Count nouns can be counted. You can use a, an, many, or a
number before count nouns. Examples include: one boy, six sheep,
and many days. Mass nouns are not countable and include words like
gasoline, water, and dirt.
Instructions: Find the nouns in these sentences and classify them as collective nouns, count nouns, or
mass nouns.
1. Get some gasoline, or the class will be late arriving.
2. The alien group should come by bus soon.
3. The orchestra will be playing in the arena in the evening.
4. The water at the beach was covered with oil.
Answers:
1. gasoline - mass; class - collective
2. group - collective; bus - count
3. orchestra - collective; arena and evening - count
4. water and oil - mass; beach - count
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