Exercises on Nouns for little ones
We have learned about Nouns before - if you cannot remember what it is, it is the names of things, people and places like book, pen, Sarah, Johannesburg, cat.
Today we will be learning about different groups of nouns - keep this summary to refresh your memory if you forget the different types:
Proper noun
This is the name of a specific place or person and they are always written with a capital letter like John, Peter, Cape Town.
Common nouns
These are the names of general things (these are usually the first words a baby learns when he points at something) like cat, dog, book.
Countable nouns
These are nouns that we can count and we can write the word most of the time in plural form like 3 dogs, 2 cats, 6 books. We also use the word 'many' to find out the number of something. How many cats are there?
Uncountable nouns
These are nouns we cannot count and they only have singular form. You have to add a quantifier in front of the noun (a quantifier is something like a cup, a teaspoon, a bucket). We also ask the question 'How much?'
You cannot say I ate 3 rices, but you can say I ate 3 cups of rice. These are how we know rice is uncountable.
Collective nouns
These are names given for a group of things like a bunch of grapes, a flight of stairs, a school of fish. These are words that you will have to study to know the right word for a specific group.
- study the different collective nouns in the picture - make sure of the spelling
- find any 10 more of your own and use it in your own sentence
- complete the quiz (look up any answers you do not know)
Concrete nouns
These are names of things that we cannot put in a box. These are feelings like love, hate, excitement.
- Watch the video on Nouns for extra information
Exercises - you have now learned the different types of nouns, complete the exercises:
- Find all the common and proper nouns in the following paragraph
Amir was a very naughty boy. He never did what his mom told him. Sipho was a good boy and listened if his mom told him to do work. One day Amir took his bicycle and went to the Pick and Buy shop. He met Daniel there. They stole some sweets and the police caught them. They were sent to the Bad Boy Prison. Amir was very sorry about what he did. He wanted to try and be a good boy like Sipho from now on.
- Choose any 5 letters from the alphabet and use it to write down a common noun and a Proper noun that starts with that letter
- Look at the following words and decide if it is countable or uncountable and also say why you say that
rice time weather information man soap light sand
- Find the abstract nouns in the following sentence - We love our parents. We have a lot of respect for them and give them hugs. We are so thankful that we have them.
- Play the games to test your knowledge on nouns
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