ASSIGNMENT #1
Nouns & Pronouns
Name: __________________________
Student Number: _________________
EXERCISE #1
Fill in the correct plural forms of the given words.
singular
plural
country
sky
highway
kilo
pencil
teacher
prize
nose
half
fork
Fill in the correct plural forms of the given words.
singular
plural
adult
mountain
tooth
truck
coin
oven
calf
self
highway
loaf
Fill in the correct plural forms of the given words.
singular
plural
hero
business
stadium
French
truck
deer
baby
symphony
park
ox
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EXERCISE #2 - COMMON NOUNS
Underline the Common Nouns in the following sentences.
1. We arrived early at the station.
2. There are different species of fish.
3. The man was trying to steal his car.
4. They have gone to the zoo.
5. The baby is crying.
6. My mother is in the kitchen.
7. He threw some nuts to the monkeys.
8. The children are playing in the field.
9. That temple was built before I was born.
10. He has bought a new car.
11. My father likes to swim.
12. She won a trophy in a competition.
13. I like to ride on a camel.
14. Do birds eat meat?
15. He went to visit his uncle.
16. My brother wants to play with us.
17. Let me have a look at your puppy.
18. The taxi broke down.
19. The boys are playing noisily.
20. She is hanging out the clothes to dry.
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EXERCISE #3- PROPER NOUNS
Use capital letters for Proper Nouns in the following sentences.
1. paris is the capital of france.
2. william shakespeare is a famous english author
3. ‘war and peace' was written by leo tolstoy.
4. The universities of oxford and cambridge offer degree courses at the highest level.
5. john's two dogs are named rover and boxer.
6. david will travel to france to do a degree course on the french revolution.
7. suez canal joins the red sea and the mediterranean sea.
8. republic of liberia is on the west coast of africa.
9. mick jagger is the lead singer of rolling stones
10. mount kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in africa.
EXERCISE #4 - ABSTRACT NOUNS
Form Abstract Nouns from the following.
Word
man
know
long
brother
Abstract Noun
Word
scholar
sell
strong
lose
Abstract Noun
EXERCISE #5 - COLLECTIVE NOUNS
Fill in the blank s with suitable collective nouns.
1. A __________ of birds flew high in the sky.
2. They saw a ___________ of lions at the zoo.
3. The farmer has a __________ of cattle on his farm.
4. He ate a __________ of grapes today.
5. Our friend shows us a _____ of stamps.
6. We saw a _____ of sheep on our way home.
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Word
king
think
wise
great
Abstract Noun
7. Police have arrested a _____ of thieves.
8. She bought a _____ of bananas from the market.
9. The _____ of pupils are listening attentively to their teacher.
10. You can put the _____ of tools in that box.
EXERCISE #6 - COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Complete each sentence by choosing the correct word.
1. There is so (many, much) smoke coming out of the chimney.
2. There are (plenty of, a large amount of) fish in the pond.
3. (A little, A few) minutes is all it takes for him to shave.
4. The postman put (a great deal of, a lot of) letters into the bag.
5. He threw (a little, some) nuts to the monkeys.
6. She uses only (a few, a little) cooking oil in her cooking.
7. My hens lay (a large amount of, several) eggs very day.
8. (A great deal of, A large number of) dust has collected on the desk.
9. We saw (a large amount of, many) cows grazing in the field.
10. The butcher sells (a large amount of, a large number of) meat.
EXERCISE #7 - GENDER
Change the nouns in bold from the feminine to the masculine.
1. My aunt visits her niece every week-end.
2. The lady has several mares on her farm.
3. The daughter is more talkative than her mother.
4. Does any actress like to play the role of the princess?
5. Their queen is a widow.
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6. The manageress is still a spinster.
7. In the movie, the tigress was killed by the heroine.
8. His daughter-in-law is a postmistress.
9. The countess has one sister.
10. The authoress is writing a book about the empress.
Change the nouns in bold from the masculine to the feminine.
11. The bridegroom thanked the priest.
12. His brother works as a waiter.
13. The dog barked at the milkman.
14. A cock was killed by a fox.
15. The manservant has worked many years for the duke.
16. Her husband is a conductor.
17. He was a postman before he became a postmaster.
18. The lad wants to be a monk.
19. The sultan owns a stallion.
20. Her father-in-law is a landlord.
EXERCISE #8 - FORMING NOUNS FROM NOUNS
Fill in the blanks with abstract nouns from the nouns in brackets.
1. I had a very happy _________ (child).
2. I forgot to renew my ________ (member) in the sailing club.
3. We formed a deep and lasting ________ (friend).
4. He hopes to take over the ________ (leader) of the party.
5. There are lots of nice people in the ________ (neighbour).
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6. In the ________ (king) of Thailand, the king commands the respect of every citizen.
7. She seems to be enjoying ________ (mother).
8. He had barely reached ________ (man) when he married.
EXERCISE #9
Circle the numbers of the twelve nuns that have countable uses:
1. knowledge
8. experience
16. rock
2. business
9. fuel
17. time
3. job
10. gossip
18. scenery
4. silver
11. honey
19. trouble
5. cloth
12. ivory
20. wealth
6. crime
13. noise
21. youth
7. equipment
14. pollution
22. progress
15. lightning
EXERCISE #10
Write the appropriate form in the blank in the second sentence:
Example: We took a tour that lasted two weeks
We took a two-week tour.
1. Our bus trip is ten miles to Florida.
We'll have a _______________________________ trip to Florida.
2. This road I ten miles long.
This is a _____________________________ road.
3. He is a specialist at building houses made of bricks.
He is a specialist at building ______________ houses.
4. My friends have seen a play in three acts.
My friends have seen a ________________________ play.
5. We learn English language.
We are _________________________ learners.
6. On account of an accident, Louis Braille, who was three years old,
became blind.
On account of an accident, __________________________ became
blind.
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7. All extracurricular activities were cancelled during two weeks of the
examination period.
All extracurricular activities were cancelled during ________________
examination period.
EXERCISE #11
Choose the correct sentence/ Circle the letter a or b.
1.
a. The cargoes of mercury were lost during hurricane in 1742.
b. The cargos of mercury were lost during hurricane in 1742.
2.
a. The heroes should be awarded.
b. The heros should be awarded.
3.
a. The echoes of cuckoos were heard in the forest.
b. The echos of cuckoos were heard in the forest.
4.
a. In the zoos children enjoy seeing a lot of funny animals, clowns, and
acrobats.
b. In the zooes children enjoy seeing a lot of funny animals, clowns,
and acrobats.
5.
a. Let's take some photoes of the Grand Canyon.
b. Let's take some photos of the Grand Canyon.
EXERCISE #12
Complete the sentences. Use the plural forms of the words in the box.
roof
chief
life
thief
leaf
safe
half
1. The ________________________ need repairing.
2. ________________________ have broken in to the office.
3. It is autumn. The ________________________ are falling from the trees.
4. We all have problems in our ________________________.
5. Some ________________________ are coming to stay at the weekend.
6. Do you think it is safe to keep cash in these ________________________.
7. Don't eat two ________________________ of the apple yourself. Share
one with your sister.
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PRONOUNS
EXERCISE #1
Underline the correct form of the pronoun.
1. Did anyone notify the principal or (they, them)?
2. The person (who, whom) I vote for must have experience.
3. It was Tony and (she, her) (who, whom) made the arrangements.
4. Everybody left some food on (their, his, her) plate.
5. Mary and (I, me) would rather go to the movies.
6. John (he, himself) went to the meeting.
7. Yes, it was (I, me) who made that pie.
8. You will stick (you, your, yourself) with the pins if you are not careful.
9. All of can play except Cindy and (he, him).
10. (Yours, Your) recd is scratched and (my, mine) is too.
11. Everyone knew (who, whom) the astronauts were.
12. Our family and (they, them) know each other for years.
13. Was it you or (she, her) who bought the tennis table?
14. Everyone but (we, us) used a typewriter.
EXERCISE #2
Put in a suitable pronoun.
15. My sister is older than ____________.
16. They like her more than ____________.
17. We ate more than ____________.
18. Can you speak French as well as ____________.
19. Nothing happened when I was away, did ____________?
20. I don't know ____________ she's going out with now.
21. "Who greeted each child by name?" It was ____________ -- Santa
Clause.
EXERCISE #3
Underline the correct form of the pronoun.
22. If everyone comes to the party, it will be impossible to accommodate
(them, him)
23. The faculty argued among (itself, themselves) over the curriculum.
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24. Either Joan or Karen will bring (her, their) microphone.
25. Both Bill and John made (his, their) own trout flies.
26. Each of the girls will finish (her, their) biology assignment.
27. The swarm of hornets has a \abandoned (its, their) nest.
28. The committee is discussing (its, their) report tomorrow.
29. Some of the girls have brought (her, their) own lunch.
30. Either the parents or your friend will give you (his, their) sweater.
31. He never puts anything back in (its, his) place.
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MORE NOTES ON NOUNS
KINDS OF NOUNS:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Common Nouns – are names of people (e.g. man), things (e.g. books), animals
(e.g. monkey) and places (church).
Proper Nouns – are special names of people (e.g. George Bush), things (e.g.
Financial Times), animals (e.g. King Kong) and places (e.g. Paris). A proper
noun begins with a Capital Letter.
Abstract Nouns – An abstract noun is the name of something that we can only
think of or feel but cannot see (e.g. friendship).
Collective Nouns – are names used for a number of people, things or animals
together and treated as one. For example: a group of friends, a bunch of bananas,
a litter of puppies.
Countable and Uncountable Nouns – Countable nouns are nouns which can
be counted (e.g. trees). Uncountable nouns are nouns which cannot be counted.
(e.g. smoke).
Countable and Uncountable Nouns are used with the following:
Countable Noun
a, an, a few, several, many,
some, plenty of, a lot of,
a large number of
Uncountable Noun
a little, much, some, plenty of,
a lot of, a large amount of,
a great deal of
Singular and Plural Nouns
A noun that shows only one person (e.g. a girl), thing (e.g. pencil), animal (e.g. tiger)
or place (e.g. market) is called a singular noun).
A noun that shows more than one person (e.g. girls), thing (e.g. pencils), animal (e.g.
tigers) or place (e.g. markets) is called a plural noun.
How plural nouns are formed.
By adding –s.
By adding ‘es’ to nouns ending in –ch, –s, –sh and –x.
beach
branch
ditch
beaches
branches
ditches
peach
speech
watch
peaches
speeches
watches
boss
bus
chorus
bosses
buses
choruses
glass
lens
pass
glasses
lenses
passes
brush
bush
dish
brushes
bushes
dishes
fish
lash
wish
fishes
lashes
wishes
10
box
fax
fox
boxes
faxes
foxes
hoax
six
tax
hoaxes
sixes
taxes
potato
mosquito
tomato
potatoes
mosquitoes
tomatoes
By adding ‘es’ to nouns ending in –o.
buffalo
cargo
echo
buffaloes
cargoes
echoes
By adding ‘s’ to nouns ending in –o.
banjo
bamboo
radio
banjos
bamboos
radios
patio
photo
video
patios
photos
videos
lorry
navy
puppy
lorries
navies
puppies
key
toy
turkey
keys
toys
turkeys
loaf
self
wife
loaves
selves
wives
chiefs
dwarfs
gulfs
hoof
reef
roof
hoofs
reef
roofs
feet
geese
mice
louse
tooth
woman
lice
teeth
women
By replacing ‘y’ with –ies.
baby
fly
hobby
babies
flies
hobbies
By adding ‘s’ to nouns ending in –y.
boy
day
donkey
boys
days
donkeys
By replaying ‘f’ or ‘fe’ with –ves.
calf
half
life
calves
halves
lives
By adding ‘s’ to nouns ending in –f or –fe.
chief
dwarf
gulf
By changing vowels.
foot
goose
mouse
Some nouns have same words for plural and singular.
aircraft
crossroads
furniture
aircraft
crossroads
furniture
music
series
sheep
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music
series
sheep
Exceptional plural.
child
crisis
mouse
children
crises
mice
ox
passer-by
radius
oxen
passers-by
radii
FORMING NOUNS
Nouns can be formed from nouns, verbs and adjectives. They are formed by adding
certain letters to them.
Nouns
widow
friend
king
Nouns
widowhood
friendship
kingdom
Verbs
add
fail
give
Nouns
addition
failure
gift
Adjectives
clean
sad
beautiful
Nouns
cleanliness
sadness
beauty
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