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Nouns and Pronouns

This document defines and provides examples of different types of nouns and pronouns. It discusses common and proper nouns, countable and uncountable nouns, collective nouns, abstract and concrete nouns, and different types of pronouns including personal, possessive, demonstrative, reflexive, and interrogative pronouns. Examples are provided for each type of noun and pronoun.

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Nouns and Pronouns

This document defines and provides examples of different types of nouns and pronouns. It discusses common and proper nouns, countable and uncountable nouns, collective nouns, abstract and concrete nouns, and different types of pronouns including personal, possessive, demonstrative, reflexive, and interrogative pronouns. Examples are provided for each type of noun and pronoun.

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Noun A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

TYPES OF NOUN

A COLLECTIVE NOUN is used when referring to a group of people or


things.
A PROPER NOUN is the name of a particular place, person or thing.
A COMMON NOUN is a name we use for any person or thing that belongs to
a particular kind or class.
An ABSTRACT NOUN is name nouns that you can’t perceive with your five
senses.
An UNCOUNTABLE NOUN is used when we cannot subdivide the elements.

A COUNTABLE NOUN is a noun that can be counted.


A COMPOUND NOUN is a noun that is formed out of two words.
A PLURAL NOUN name more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
A SINGULAR NOUN name one person, place, thing, or idea.
A CONCRETE NOUN is one which refers to physical objects that can be
observed by the senses.
A POSSESSIVE NOUN show ownership.

EXAMPLE OF TYPES OF NOUN


COLLECTIVE NOUN – bunch, audience, flock, team, group, family, band, village.
PROPER NOUN – Walt Disney, Mt. Kiliminjaro, Minnesota, Atlantic Ocean,
Australia, Empire State Building, Fluffy, Sun Country.
COMMON NOUN – man, mountain, state, ocean, country, building, cat, airline.
ABSTRACT NOUN – love, wealth, happiness, pride, fear, religion, belief, history,
communication.
UNCOUNTABLE NOUN – milk, rice, snow, rain, water, food, music, luggage.
COUNTABLE NOUN – bed, cat, movie, train, country, book, phone, match, speaker,
clock, pen, David, violin.
COMPOUND NOUN – tablecloth, eyeglasses, New York, photograph, daughter-in-
law, pigtails, sunlight, snowflake.
PLURAL NOUN – cats, socks, ships, heroes, monkeys, babies, matches.
SINGULAR NOUN – cat, sock, ship, hero, monkey, baby. Match.
CONCRETE NOUN – house, ocean, Uncle Mike, bird, photograph, banana, eyes,
light, sun, dog, suitcase, flowers.
POSSESSIVE NOUN – Mom’s car, Beth’s cat, the student’s book.

PRONOUN Words that stand for nouns or for words that take
the place of nouns

Personal pronouns

Those pronouns are used in place of the subject or object of the sentence. Personal pronoun
describes the person speaking (I, me, we, us), the person spoken to (you), or the person or thing
spoken about (he, she, it, they, hi, her, them). 

Examples:

1. The pronouns which refer to the person or person speaking are called Pronouns of the
first person, that is – I, we, me, us, mine, ours.
2. The pronouns which refer to the persons spoken to are called Pronouns of the second
person, that is – you, yours.
3. The pronouns which refer to the person or thing spoken of are called Pronouns of the
Third Person, that is he, she, him, her, they, them, their, it.
Personal Pronoun Exercise/worksheet

1. Mrs. Verma is ill. _____ is on medicines.


2. This is Mrs. Sharma _____ is very beautiful.
3. Tell those girls that _____ must go.
4. Has Mr. Shah gone? _____ think this bag is _____ .
5. _____ and sorry if _____ have hurt _____ .
6. _____ like Rupal because _____ feel _____ can trust _____ .
7. Is this your bat or _____?

Reflexive Pronouns

The pronouns – myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, themselves, behave like objects to
verbs, but they refer to the same person as the subjects to the verbs. These pronoun are called
Reflexive Pronouns.

Reflexive Pronoun Exercise/worksheet

Use suitable reflexive pronouns to complete the sentences.

1. The old man often talks to _____.


2. Have you looked at _____ lately in the mirror?
3. Anjul does all her household chores _____.
4. The horse has hurt _____.
5. I enjoyed _____ when I went to Goa.
6. The sons fought amongst _____ after the death of their father.
7. The old lady looked after _____ as she lived alone.

(Pronoun for kids)

Possessive Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns are those pronouns that indicate Possession or Relationship.

Example: Mine, ours, yours, his, hers, its, their are Possessive Pronouns.

Possessive Pronouns are sometimes confused with possessive adjective. However, possessive
adjectives come before a noun and qualifies it.

Possessive noun Exercise/worksheet

Fill in the blanks with possessive Pronouns:

1. I own that kitten. It is _____.


2. He owns that house. It is _____.
3. You own that car. It is _____.
4. She own that CD-Player, It is _____ a.
5. We own that farm. It is _____.
6. They own that factory. It is _____.

Demonstrative Pronouns

Read the sentences


 This is my computer.
 That is my bike.
 These are my glasses.
 Those are your CD’s.

In the above sentences this, these, that, those are used to point out the objects for which they are
used. This and these are used to refer things near at hand, whereas that and those are referred to
things at a distance They are called Demonstrative Pronouns.

Demonstrative Pronouns Exercise/worksheet

Fill in the blanks with demonstrative Pronouns

1. _____ is Rasika’s car.


2. _____ are Mr. Burman’s dogs.
3. _____ is my video camera. _____ is yours.
4. This cat is white, but _____ is black.
5. _____ is Gautam’s pen, _____ is yours.

Interrogative Pronouns

Read the sentences-

 Who made that noise?


 what shall we do today?
 which is your bike?
 Whom do you want to see?

Pronouns who, what, which, whom are used for asking questions. Those pronouns that are used
for asking questions are called Interrogative pronouns.

Who, Whom and whose are such types of pronoun that are used for asking questions about
persons.

Fill in the blanks with an interrogative pronoun.

1. __________ threw the football?


A. who
B. what
C. which
D. whose
2. ____________ would you prefer, coffee or tea?
A. who
B. whom
C. which
D. whose
3. ______________ time do we need to be at the airport?
A. which
B. what
C. whose
D. whom
4. _____________ car is that?
A. whom
B. whose
C. what
D. who
5. ____________ is your sister’s name?
A. who
B. whom
C. what
D. whose
6. _____________ did you tell?
A. whom
B. what
C. whose
D. which
7. _____________ of these books have you read?
A. what
B. whom
C. whose
D. which
8. ______________ wants ice cream?
A. what
B. whom
C. who
D. whose
EXERCISES
Exercise I: Identify the following nouns. Write Pro for PROPER NOUN, and
Com for COMMON NOUN.
_______1. singer _______6. MacBook
_______2. restaurant _______7. Math
_______3. Spiderman _______8. chocolate
_______4. In-N-Out Burger _______9. Pepsi
_______5. laptop _______10. Barbie

Exercise II: Place the nouns to their proper types of nouns. Use the table
below.

rice salt strawberries babies


boxes band of men ice choir of singers
hack of smokers key gasoline sloth of bears
beauty soup flight of birds goose
cherry teeth knowledge kennel of dogs

COLLECTIVE COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE


Exercise III: Classify the following nouns. Write Abstract if the noun
defines as an Abstract and Concrete if the noun defines as a Concrete.
________________1. Hamburger
________________2. Jealousy
________________3. Adventure
________________4. Radio
________________5. Idea
________________6. Shower
________________7. Success
________________8. Smoke
________________9. Chair
________________10. Fear

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