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Class V - Eng - Module 3 - Day 3 - Parts of Speech
Class V - Eng - Module 3 - Day 3 - Parts of Speech
Class V - Eng - Module 3 - Day 3 - Parts of Speech
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
CLASS V
MODULE 3
2. Introduction – Nouns
Types of nouns
3. Related Worksheet
Parts of Speech
What is a part of speech?
In English we use many words to talk or communicate with each other. These words are grouped
There are eight parts of speech in English. They are -Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective,
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NOUNS
Nouns are naming words. They are names given to any person, place, animal, thing, feelings or
quality. All objects that we see around us have some name with which we are able to identify or
know them. Those names or words are known as nouns.
Nouns are further grouped as common, proper, collective, abstract and material nouns. Nouns
have a singular and plural form too.
Common nouns- It is the name given to common objects or things addressed in general,
that belong to a same group or class.
Examples -girl, tree, apple , animal, river, city, country etc.
Proper nouns – It is the name given to a specific person, place or thing. A proper noun
always starts with a capital letter.
Examples - Ram, Meera, India, Hyderabad, The Ganges , January etc.
Collective nouns–It is the name given to a group of persons or things taken together.
Examples – a bunch of grapes, a bundle of sticks, a flock of sheep, the army.
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Abstract Nouns–It is the name of a quality, an action or state.
Examples – honesty, happiness, wisdom, beauty, speech, childhood, laughter etc.
RELATED WORKSHEET
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II: Group the nouns according to their kind:-
January, school, army, The Times of India, copper, bundle of sticks, happiness, truth,
bench, peak, wisdom, iron, river, youth, cleanliness, island, The Himalayas, bouquet,
Mahatma Gandhi, bunch of marigold, gold, wood, swarm of bees, paper, The United
Kingdoms
Proper Nouns Common Nouns Collective Nouns Material Nouns Abstract Nouns
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