GEA/TD /L1 S1

Kinds of nouns exercise

This grammar exercise tests your ability to identify the different kinds of nouns.

1. The book was lying on the table. Hindus is a proper noun

Hindus is an abstract noun
Book is a common noun
Book is a proper noun 6. Alcohol is injurious to health.
Book is a collective noun
Health is a common noun
2. Love begets love. Health is an abstract noun
Health is a proper noun
Love is a common noun
Love is a collective noun 7. Smoking is a bad habit.
Love is an abstract noun
Habit is a common noun
3. We cannot live without water. Habit is a proper noun
Habit is an abstract noun
Water is a common noun
Water is a material noun 8. Wild animals live in forests.
Water is an abstract noun
Animals is a common noun
4. The jury has given its verdict. Animals is a proper noun
Animals is an abstract noun
Jury is a collective noun
Jury is a common noun 9. The childhood of Peter was full of
Jury is an abstract noun misery.

5. The Hindus regard Krishna as an Childhood is a common noun

incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Childhood is an abstract noun
Childhood is a proper noun
Hindus is a common noun

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10. All the girls were singing.

Girls is a common noun

Girls is a proper noun
Girls is an abstract noun

11. Gold is a precious metal.

Gold is a proper noun

Gold is an abstract noun
Gold is a material noun

12. Rice is the staple food of South

Indians.

Rice is a common noun

Rice is a material noun
Rice is an abstract noun

13. The earth moves round the sun.

Earth is a common noun

Earth is an abstract noun
Earth is a proper noun

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Are the underlined words collective, abstract, concrete, or proper nouns?

1. "To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves." — Virginia Woolf.

2. "Water is the driving force of all nature." — Leonardo da Vinci.
3. "Always make the audience suffer as much as possible." ― Alfred Hitchcock .
4. "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives
you courage " ― Lao Tzu
5. "The drops of rain make a hole in the stone , not by violence, but by oft falling." ―
Lucretius
6. Churchill is best remembered for successfully leading Britain through World War Two.
7. When birds fly together they form beautiful flocks
8. I am traveling to London for the first time.
9. "It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages." ―
Friedrich Nietzsche .
10. "The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision." ― George
Eliot

A) Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given nouns for the following exercise.
Use each noun only one time.

chair job experience information hair

luggage progress furniture permission work

1. I don't have much . Just two small bags.

2. They are going to tell you all you want to know. They are going to

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give you a lot of .

3. There is room for everybody to sit down. There are a lot of .

4. We have no , not even a bed or a table.

5. 'What does Alan look like?' He's got a long beard and very short

6. Carla's English is very bad. She must make .

7. George is unemployed. He's looking for a .

8. If you want to leave work early, you have to ask for .

9. I don't think Ann will get the job. She hasn't got enough .

10. Shakespeare’s are wonderful.

Gender of Nouns Exercises

Q. Rewrite the following sentences changing the Gender of the Nouns.

1. His mother took him to the Zoo where he had a look at the lions, tigers, stags, rams, and
peacocks.
2. The merchant accompanied by his wife and daughters came to the king’s palace.
3. The poet, the priest, and the prophet are always inspired by a high ideal.
4. The Count married a rich heiress, a lass of fifteen, who was a Jewess by birth
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 5. The Duke called the hunter to his presence and asked him how he had caught the tiger..

Q. Rewrite the following sentences changing the Gender of the Nouns.

1. The ways of the tempter, the enchanter, the wizard, and the sorcerer are the same.
2. The prince declared that the author had been his sole benefactor.
3. The abbot declared that the waiter was a traitor and murderer.
4. The Mayor was the patron of art and learning.
5. This shepherd once acted as a host to the Marquis.

Q. Rewrite the following sentences, changing the gender of the nouns.

1. He owns a colt, a goose and a bull.

2. The wife is a maidservant to the queen.
3. He went with his step-son, brother-in-law and uncle to see the fair.
4. The huntress killed a tigress, a lioness and a hen.
5. The bride was thirty years old.

Q. Rewrite the following sentences, changing the gender of the nouns.

1. May I come in, Sir?

2. He keeps bitches and foxes.
3. He is an old bachelor.
4. The lion is the king of the forest.
5. A duck is smaller than a goose.

Q. Rewrite the following sentences changing the gender:

1. She is the heiress to this big estate.

2. When are you expecting your uncle?
3. The bridegroom was a lad of fourteen.
4. The headmaster gave away the prizes.
5. The widower is the father of four sons.
6. He took the old gentleman for a widower.

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 7. A hunter killed a tiger, a stag and a lion.
8. The tailor asked the priest to feed his horse.
9. A hunter requested a shepherd to tell him when the tigress was last seen.
10. The bitch came bounding to meet its master.

Complete the table of masculine and feminine nouns by choosing the words from
the help box:

Donkey, heifer, bee, fox, buck, boar, ewe, hind, sheep, peahen, mare, doe, roe, stag,
horse, hart, drone, jenny, sow, tiger, bullock, drone, vixen, doe, peacock.

MASCULINE FEMININE

1. donkey

2. heifer

3. drone

4. fox

5. roe

6. buck

7. mare

8. peacock

9. sheep

10. hind

11. tigress

12. boar

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 ARTICLES
Use ‘a’ or ‘an’

1- ….honest family
2- …..hospitable family
3- …..uniform
4- Umbrella
5- ……year ago
6- …..only child
7- ……one-way street
8- ….ewe
9- ……hare
10- ……eel
11- …….I
12- …..hell
13- …….euphemism
14- ………..history of England
15- …….18th century painting
16- ……7 and……8
17- ……….ABC shop
18- …..BA and….MA
19- ……SOS message
20- ……U-turn
21- ….HP computer
22- …..UNESCO magazine
23- Do you spell realize with ….s or………z

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 Fill in the article >a<, >an< or >the< where necessary. Choose >x< where no article
is used.

1) I like blue T-shirt over there better than red one.

2) Their car does 150 miles hour.

3) Where's USB drive I lent you last week?

4) Do you still live in Bristol?

5) Is your mother working in old office building?

6) Carol's father works as electrician.

7) The tomatoes are 99 pence kilo.

8) What do you usually have for breakfast?

9) Ben has terrible headache.

10) After this tour you have whole afternoon free to explore the city.

Decide whether to use the definite article “the” or not. If you do not need the article “the”,
use X.

1) My grandmother likes flowers very much.

2) I love flowers in your garden.

3) See you on Wednesday.

4) I always listen to radio in the morning.

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5) Alex goes to work by bus.

6) Don't be late for school.

7) Listen! Dennis is playing trumpet.

8) We often see our cousins over Easter.

9) She has never been to Alps before.

10) What about going to Australia in February?

Choose the correct definite or indefinite article: "the", "a", "an" or "x" (zero article).

1. I bought pair of shoes.

2. I saw movie last night.

3. They are staying at hotel.

4. I think man over there is very unfriendly.

5. I do not like basketball.

6. That is problem I told you about.

7. night is quiet. Let's take a walk!

8. price of gas keeps rising.

9. John traveled to Mexico.

10. Juan is Spanish.

11. I read amazing story yesterday.

12. My brother doesn't eat chicken.

13. love is such beautiful thing.

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14. I live in apartment. apartment is new.

15. I would like piece of cake.

16. I was in Japanese restaurant. restaurant served

good food.

17. Sara can play guitar.

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Insert a, an, the or X (for zero article) if necessary.

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