Important Questions: The Noun | English Grammar Class 7 PDF Download

Q.1. What is a noun?

Ans: A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing or idea. Nouns tell us who or what is being talked about. For example, teacher, city, book and happiness are all nouns.

Q.2. What are common nouns?

Ans: Common nouns are general names for people, places, things or ideas. They do not name a particular person or place and are not capitalised unless they begin a sentence. Examples are boy, city, school and river.

Q.3. What are proper nouns?

Ans: Proper nouns name a specific person, place, thing or idea and are always capitalised. Examples include Mumbai, Rita, Taj Mahal and Christmas.

Q.4. What is a collective noun?

Ans: A collective noun names a group of people, animals or things as a single unit. Examples are team, flock, herd and class. In a sentence we say, for example, "A flock of birds flew away," where the collective noun refers to all the birds together.

Q.5. What is a countable noun?

Ans: A countable noun is something that can be counted. It has singular and plural forms and we can use numbers with it. For example, book (one book, two books), apple (one apple, three apples). We use words like many or few with countable nouns.

Q.6. What is an uncountable noun?

Ans: An uncountable noun (also called a mass noun) cannot be counted and usually has no plural form. We use words like some, much or a little with uncountable nouns. Examples are water, sugar, sand and music. To count them we use measures, for example "a glass of water" or "a pinch of sugar".

Q.7. Explain the concept of countable and uncountable nouns with examples.

Ans: Countable nouns are items we can count and which have singular and plural forms, for example, "I have three books." Uncountable nouns name things that cannot be counted as separate items and usually have no plural form, for example, "There is some water in the glass." We do not say "three sands"; instead we say "three grains of sand" or "some sand" when we need to show quantity.

Q.8. What are proper nouns and common nouns? Explain with examples.

Ans: Proper nouns name specific people, places, or things and begin with a capital letter, for example, New York, Michael Jackson and Eiffel Tower. Common nouns are general names and are not capitalised unless they start a sentence, for example, city, singer and building. Use a proper noun when you mean a particular one and a common noun when you mean any one of a group.

Q.9. How can you identify a collective noun? Give examples. 

Ans: You can identify a collective noun when a single word refers to a group of people, animals or things. If the noun names a collection, it is likely collective. Examples are "a herd of cows," "a team of players," and "a flock of birds." In sentences, a collective noun often acts as one unit: "The team is practising."

Q.10. Define concrete nouns and abstract nouns with examples.

Ans: Concrete nouns name things that can be experienced with the five senses, such as table, dog or music (you can hear music). Abstract nouns name feelings, qualities or ideas that cannot be seen or touched, such as love, happiness, freedom and justice. For example, you can touch a chair (concrete) but you can only feel comfort (abstract).