Exercise - Common Nouns

EXERCISE - COMMON NOUNS Identify the Common Nouns in the following sentences. 1. We arrived early at the station. 2. There are different species of fish. 3. The man was trying to steal his car 4. They have gone to the zoo. 5. The baby is crying. 6. My mother is in the kitchen. 7. He threw some nuts to the monkeys. 8. The children are playing in the field. 9. That temple was built before I was born. 10.He has bought a new car. 11.My father likes to swim. 12.She won a trophy in a competition. 13.I like to ride on a camel 14.Do birds eat meat? 15.He went to visit his uncle

EXERCISE - PROPER NOUNS Use capital letters for Proper Nouns in the following sentences. 1. paris is the capital of france. 2. william shakespeare is a famous english author. 3. ‘war and peace' was written by leo tolstoy 4. The universities of oxford and cambridge offer degree courses at the highest level. 5. john's two dogs are named rover and boxer. 6. david will travel to france to do a degree course on the french revolution. 7. suez canal joins the red sea and the mediterranean sea. 8. republic of liberia is on the west coast of africa 9. mick jagger is the lead singer of rolling stones 10. mount kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in africa.

EXERCISE - COLLECTIVE NOUNS Fill in the blank s with suitable collective nouns. 1. A _FLOCK_/ VOLERY___ of birds flew high in the sky. 2. They saw a __PRIDE___ of lions at the zoo. 3. The farmer has a __HERD___ of cattle on his farm. 4. He ate a _BUNCH__ of grapes today. 5. Our friend shows us an _ALBUM____ of stamps. 6. We saw a _HERD____ of sheep on our way home. 7. Police have arrested a _GANG____ of thieves. 8. She bought a ___BUNCH__ of bananas from the market. 9. The _GROUP____ of pupils are listening attentively to their teacher. 10. You can put the _SET ____ of tools in that box.

EXERCISE - COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS Complete each sentence by choosing the correct word. 1. There is so (many, much) smoke coming out of the chimney. 2. There are (plenty of, a large amount of) fish in the pond. 3. (A little, A few) minutes is all it takes for him to shave. 4. The postman put (a great deal of, a lot of) letters into the bag. 5. He threw (a little, some) nuts to the monkeys. 6. She uses only (a few, a little) cooking oil in her cooking. 7. My hens lay (a large amount of, several) eggs very day. 8. (A great deal of, A large number of) dust has collected on the desk. 9. We saw (a large amount of, many) cows grazing in the field. 10. The butcher sells (a large amount of, a large number of) meat.

EXERCISE - GENDER Change the nouns in bold from the feminine to the masculine. 1. My aunt visits her niece every week-end. Uncle, nephew 2. The lady has several mares on her farm. Gentleman/ lord, horses 3. The daughter is more talkative than her mother. Son, father 4. Does any actress like to play the role of the princess? Actor, Prince 5. Their queen is a widow. King, widower 6. The manageress is still a spinster. Manager, bachelor 7. In the movie, the tigress was killed by the heroine. tiger, hero 8. His daughter-in-law is a postmistress. postmaster 9. The countess has one sister. Count, brother 10. The authoress is writing a book about the empress. Author, emperor

Change the nouns in bold from the masculine to the feminine. 11. The bridegroom thanked the priest. Bride, priestess 12. His brother works as a waiter. Sister, waitress 13. The dog barked at the milkman. Dog, milk woman 14. A cock was killed by a fox. Hen, fox 15. The manservant has worked many years for the duke. Maidservant, dukes 16. Her husband is a conductor. Wife, conductress 17. He was a postman before he became a postmaster. Post woman, postmistress 18. The lad wants to be a monk. girl, nun 19. The sultan owns a stallion. 20. Her father-in-law is a landlord. Mother in-law, landlady