Noun definition exercises

Exercises

1. Decide which of the following nouns belong to proper nouns, and then decide also whether those which do not belong to this class are abstract, individual, or collective.

Jones, money, rocket, actress, King James I, hatred, mob, conscience, State University of Yogyakarta, herd, team, the Himalayas, patriotism, town, pencil.

1. Identify the proper nouns in the following list and write them with a capital letter on a separate sheet of paper.

william shakespeare secretary new south wales prisoner romeo and juliet merdeka square april thames saint valentine seaweed city traffic snow blue mountain apollo 11 jefferson high school.

1. Form the abstract nouns from the followings.

Advise, author, believe, bitter, bond, converse, cruel ,deep, defend, depart, die, hate hero, king. Know, laugh, live ,long ,obey, patriot, poor, proud, pursue, regent, serve short ,succeed ,think, true, wide.

IV. Supply the appropriate collective nouns for a number of the following nouns.

1. a ______ of bananas 2. a ______ of books 3. a ______ of brigands 4. a ______ of disorderly people 5. a ______ of lions 6. a ______ of people in church 7. a ______ of sailors on a ship 8. a ______ of ship 9. a ______ of elephants 10. a ______ of fish 11. a ______ of hounds 12. a ______ of stars 13. a ______ of trees 14. a ______ of wolves .