Worksheet Solutions: Noun | English for Class 4 PDF Download

Q1: What are nouns?
Ans: A noun is the name of a person, place, language, thing or quality.
Examples are: child, man, girl, book, computer, India, mother, dog, birds, language, river, rice, kindness, beauty etc.
There are different types of nouns.
Proper nouns:-
A proper noun is the name of a particular person or thing. Note that proper nouns always begin with capital letters.
Examples are: Maya, Rahul, Hindi, India, Kerala, Rahim, James, Mumbai, Tuesday, Sahara, Africa etc.
Common noun:-
A common noun does not denote any particular person or thing. It refers to a class of people or objects. Examples are: books, students, people, animals, dog, river, country, language, nation, apple etc.
Note that Ram is a proper noun but boy is a common noun. Likewise, India is a proper noun but country is a common noun.
Collective noun:-
A collective noun refers to a collection of people or things.
Examples are: army, bunch, fleet, audience, flight, herd, pride, troop, battalion, committee, council etc.

Q2: Underline the nouns in the following sentences and state their type – proper, common or collective.
(i) Janvi bought a bunch of flowers for her mother.
Ans: Janvi (proper) bought a bunch of flowers (collective) for her sister (common).

(ii) Supriya wants to be an architect.
Ans: Supriya (proper) wants to be an architect (common).

(iii) Rahul can play the guitar really well.
Ans: Rahul (proper) can play the guitar (common) really well.

(iv) My mother feeds many stray cats.
Ans: My mother (common) feeds many stray cats (common).

(v) Father enjoys listening to the radio.
Ans: Father (common) enjoys listening to the radio (common).

(vi) I read an interesting story yesterday.
Ans: I read an interesting story (common) yesterday.

(vii) The audience cheered for the players.
Ans: The audience (collective) cheered for the players (common).

(viii) The students sang really well.
Ans: The students (common) sang really well.

(ix) She was too tired to climb up the flight of stairs.
Ans: She was too tired to climb up the flight of stairs (collective).

(x) Our team won the championship.
Ans: Our team (collective) won the championship (common).

(xi) We saw a shoal of fish swimming in the lake.
Ans: We saw a shoal of fish (collective noun) swimming in the lake (common noun).

(xii) There are lots of roses in the garden.
Ans: There are lots of roses (common noun) in the garden (common noun).

(xiii) She put her bag on the table.
Ans: She put her bag (common noun) on the table (common noun). 

(xiv) India is the seventh largest country in the world.
Ans: India (proper noun) is the seventh largest country (common noun) in the world (common noun). 

(xv) I have invited Rahul and Raveena to my party.
Ans: I have invited Rahul (proper noun) and Raveena (proper noun) to my party (common noun). 

(xvi) The travelers were attacked by a herd of elephants.
Ans: The travelers (common noun) were attacked by a herd of elephants (collective noun). 

(xvii) My cat has just had a litter of kittens.
Ans: My cat (common noun) has just had a litter of kittens (collective noun).

(xviii) My father is an architect.
Ans: My father (common noun) is an architect (common noun). 

(xix) The police used force to disperse the crowd.
Ans: The police (collective noun) used force to disperse the crowd (collective noun). 

(xx) Raju bought a bunch of bananas to the class yesterday. 
Ans: Raju (proper noun) bought a bunch of bananas (collective nouns) to the class (common noun) yesterday.