Noun Practice Questions PDF

# Teaching Exams ## Topic - Noun ### Subject - English ## By DEEPAK CHAUHAN 1. Which of these is a combination of Common Noun? - (a) Attraction, Camel, Apple, floor - (b) River, Bridge, Train, Affection - (c) Room, Socks, Teacher, Death - (d) Elephant, Movie, Children, Street 2....

# Teaching Exams ## Topic - Noun ### Subject - English ## By DEEPAK CHAUHAN 1. Which of these is a combination of Common Noun? - (a) Attraction, Camel, Apple, floor - (b) River, Bridge, Train, Affection - (c) Room, Socks, Teacher, Death - (d) Elephant, Movie, Children, Street 2. Which of these is a combination of Abstract Noun? - (a) Emotion, Friendship, Delusion, Bag - (b) Fidelity, Fortune, Magazine, Harmony - (c) Charity, Cleverness, Competition, Energy - (d) Frustration, Humility, Hunger, Table 3. Find the collection of NOUN - (a) Adorable, aggressive, arrogance - (b) Bright, calm, careful, Cruelty - (c) Compassion, Passion, honourable - (d) Clemency, Benefit, Confusion 4. Find the collection of NOUN - (a) Determined, disgusted, difficulty, difference - (b) Failure, justice, Mercy, Happiness - (c) Glamorous, Craving, Cowardice, foolish - (d) Enthusiasm, Equality, Jealous, Innocent 5. Find the collection of NOUN - (a) Delusion, Delight, Empathy, Health - (b) Fortune, Fear, Naughty, Nervous - (c) Hatred, Ability, Anarchy, Obedient - (d) Choice, Effort, Affection, tough 6. Find the incorrect sentence - (a) A School of fish - (b) A Flock of birds - (c) A Troop of monkeys - (d) A group of bees 7. Find the incorrect sentence - (a) A litter of puppies - (b) A Flock of Deer - (c) A murder of crows - (d) A pack of hounds 8. Find the incorrect sentence - (a) A band of musicians - (b) A gang of thieves - (c) A pack of wolves - (d) A group of lions 9. Find the incorrect sentence - (a) An army of soldiers - (b) A posse of policeman - (c) A bevy of ladies - (d) A herd of sheep 10. Find the incorrect sentence - (a) Baby of Bear is cub. - (b) Baby of Swan is foal. - (c) Baby of Ass is Calf - (d) Baby of Bee is Larva 11. Find the incorrect sentence - (a) Baby of mouse is Pinky - (b) Baby of Cat is Kitten - (c) Baby of Kangaroo is Joey - (d) Baby of Goose is Geese 12. Find the incorrect sentence - (a) Baby of Boar is Piglet - (b) Baby of butterfly is Larva - (c) Baby of Camel is Calf - (d) Baby of Kangaroo is Cub 13. Find the incorrect sentence - (a) Female of Camel is Doe - (b) Female of Goat is Nanny - (c) Female of Mouse is Doe - (d) Female of Cat is Queen 14. Find the incorrect sentence - (a) I have bought some rice - (b) He gave me a piece of advice - (c) He has given me a latest news. - (d) His hair is black. ## News is uncountable There are two grey hairs on his shoulder. # Noun ### Uncountable - Knowledge - Sugar - Smoking - Traffic - Stationery - Furniture - Luggage ### Countable - Boy - Boys - Girl - Girls ## Countable Nouns ## A/An/Many/Lone - he gave me a advice. - a piece of advice. ### Some - Uncountable/Count - some knowledge - some girls ## Much - Uncountable ## Many - Countable - I have much knowledge. - I have many friends. ## Correct 15. Find the incorrect one - (a) He gave me an information. a piece of information - (b) He gave me an advice. a piece of advice. - (c) I like the poetry of Shakespeare. - (d) There are two grey hairs on your shoulders. ## are blunt 16. Find the incorrect one - (a) The scissors in the drawer is blunt. - (b) Where are my trousers? - (c) Your goggles are broken. - (d) Where are my jeans? # Rule - Some nouns stay the same in plural form and mean a ‘pair of - singular’ form ## is/are - Scissors - Pants - Trousers - Jeans - Tongs - Pliers - Forceps ## is/are - where is/are my jeans? - where is/are a pair of jeans? # Rule - If one of this pair is not present, the value of the other also goes away. ## a pair/singular - Socks - Gloves - Shoes - Slippers - Goggles - Spectacles - where is/are my goggles - where is/are a pair of goggles? # Rule - (look plural, stay plural, but not a pair of) ## ‘s’ not removed - Alms - Riches - Belongings - Valuables - The Himalayas - Congratulations - Thanks: - Leavings ## Pair: - {x} # Riches - Plural - Plural - Singular 17. Find the incorrect one - (a) Someone has stolen my valuables. - (b) Riches grows in hell. - (c) We should not touch belongings of anyone. - (d) Most of the annals of India have been destroyed. ## Plural - इतिहास का वर्णन # The Himalyas # The blinds {x} # The braves 18. Find the incorrect one - (a) The Himalaya lie to the north of India. - (b) Alms are given to the beggar. - (c) The blind is arrogant. - (d) The brave are admired in the society. # The blind - सारे blind # The brave - सारे brave # Rule - Some nouns stay the same in plural form and mean “singular” form ## Is/are - People - Gentry - Cattle - Vermin, Insects - Poultry - Peasantry - Police - Caltdes {x} - Vormins {x} # Rule - Some nouns stay the same in plural form and mean ‘singular’ and plural in the same sense ## is/are - Sheep - Deer - Fish - Specia - Salmon - Offspring - Fishes - variety of fish 19. Find the incorrect one - (a) The cattle are grazing. - (b) The vermin have destroyed the crops. - (c) The gentry of this area is quite sophisticated. - (d) Their poultry are kept in the yard. ## deer ## Sheep 20. Find the correct one - (a) He killed two deers. - (b) Ten sheeps are grazing in the field. - (c) There are ten fish in the pond. - (d) Thousands of young salmons have been killed by the pollution. ## Salmon # Rule - These nouns look plural and stay singular ## Is/are - Mathematics - Civics - Physics - Economics - Politics - Andetics - News - Innings - Measles - Rickets - Mumps - his mathematics - his physics - The politics of Bihar ## are {L} 21. Find the incorrect sentence - (a) His mathematics are weak. - (b) My son is learning alphabets. - (c) The gentry of the town have assembled here. - (d) Please cut it with a pair of scissors. ## alphabet ## lectureship 22. Find the correct sentence - (a) There are twenty candidates for lectureship. - (b) Aditya lives in a boarding house. - (c) Mr. Gupta is my English teacher. - (d) Vinay is my cousin-brother. # (Fe-ves) - Wife - Wives - Knife - Knives - Thief - Thieves # Sis-Ses - Crisis - Crises - Thesis - Theses - Analysis - Analyses ## Exception - Belief - Believes - Chief - Chiefs # Ful - Noun - Ful - Handful - Handfuls - Mouthful - Mouthfuls - Glassful - Glassfuls # Compound Noun ## Main word ‘s’ added in plural form - Step-sister - step sisters - Commander-in-chief - commanders-in-chief - Brother-in-law - brothers-in-law - Passer-by - passers-by # Dum - Da ## to singular plural - Addendum - Agenda - Datum - Data - Medium - Media - Memorandum - Memoranda - Corrigendum - Corrigenda # Criterion - Criteria # Phenomenon - Phenomena # Alumnus - Alumni # (Letter/Digit) - P - P’s - 6 - 6’s 23. Find the incorrect one - (a) There are many bacteria in water. - (b) There are many beautiful phenomena which attract us. - (c) He is the alumni of IIT. - (d) He is the alumnus of IIT. 24. Find the incorrect one - (a) He could eat only two spoonfuls of rice. - (b) I have three sisters-in-law. - (c) Commander-in-chiefs gets handsome pay. - (d) There are three B's in the word “Babble”. # Answer Key 1. (d) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (b) 10. (b) 11. (d) 12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (c) 15. (a) 16. (a) 17. (b) 18. (a) 19. (c) 20. (c) 21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (c) 24. (c)