Class 6 | School's JUNIOR ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION | SECTION I | Unit I | Lesson 6 : THE NOUN

Exercise 1. Arrange these words in eight lists:

(Persons, Places, Animals, Things, Qualities, States, Actions. Feelings)

chair, Monica, surprise, poverty, pigeon, fox, cot, pencil, richness, milkman, Modi Nagar, spider, doctor, wonder, field. cap. woman, bat, truth, deed, orchard, town, sadness, uncle, Poland, ass, innocence, freedom, joy, gait, virtue, goodness, agreement, motion, laziness, shame, slavery, prosperity, ball, race.

Ans:

Persons - Monika, Milkman, Doctor, Woman, Uncle

Places - Modi Nagar, Poland, Field, Orchard , Town

Animals - Pigeon, Fox, Spider, Ass

Things - Chair, Cot, Pencil, Cap, Bat, Ball, Race

Qualities - Richness, Truth, Innocence, Virtue,  Goodness

States - Laziness, Poverty, Freedom, Slavery, Prosperity, 

Action - Deed, Gait, Motion 

Feelings - Surprise, Wonder, Sadness, Joy, Shame, 

Exercise 2. Underline all nouns in the following sentences. What does each of them name?

1. Rita has won a trophy.

Ans: Rita - Person

       Trophy - Thing

2. Dogs have curved tails.

Ans: Dogs - Animals,

        Tails - Thing

3. Alan was an obedient son.

Ans: Alan - Person,

       Son - Person 

4. Amar was born at Chandigarh.

Ans: Amar - Person,

       Chandigarh - Place 

5. Bread is made from flour.

Ans: Bread - thing,

        Flour - thing

6. There is little medicine in the bottle.

Ans: Medicine - thing,

        bottle - thing

7. The heat of the sun melts the snow.

Ans: Heat - thing

        Sun - thing

        Snow - thing 

8. The boat capsized in the river.

Ans: Boat - thing

        River - thing 

9. Your brother has fared well in the test.

Ans: Brother - person,

        Test - Thing

10. Oxen draw our carts and work our wells.

Ans: Oxen - Animals,

        Carts, Wells - Thing

11. There is a partridge in the cage.

Ans: Partridge - Animal,

        Cage - Thing

12. This building is made of red stone.

Ans: Building - thing,

        Stone - thing

13. Our school is a long way off.

Ans: School - place

14. My cousin has written an interesting story.

Ans: Cousin - person,

        Story - thing

15. All quadrupeds can run fast.

Ans: Quadrupeds - animals

16. Birds fly but turtles swim.

Ans: Birds, turtles - animals

17. The cuckoo sings with a shrill voice.

Ans: Cuckoo - animals

        voice - thing

18. My office has four chairs and a table.

Ans: Office - place

        Chair , table - thing 

19. Your answer to my question is correct.

Ans: Answer - thing

        Questions - thing 

20. Daddy has a new suit on.

Ans: Daddy - person

        Suit - Thing 

21. Butchers sell us meat and fish.

Ans: Butchers - Person

        meat , fish - thing 

22. Poverty tries friends.

Ans: Poverty - state

        Friend - person

23. She was struck with grief.

Ans: Grief - feeling 

Exercise 3. Write the names of:

(a) six persons

Ans: teacher, engineer, actor, Bimal, dancer, collector,

(b) six animals

Ans: Cat, animal, tiger, calf, chicken, horse, dog

(c) six things

Ans: Book, pen, copy, rice, cloth, rubber 

(d) six places

Ans: India, School, Office, 

(e) six qualities

Ans: Laziness, Kindness, Integrity, Empathy, Patience, Courage

(f) six actions

Ans : Decision, Creation, Movement, Communication, Participation, Explanation 

(g) six states

Ans: Happiness, Excitement, Anger, Peace, Fear, Calmness