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Nouns
A noun is a naming word. Nouns are names of a person, place animal or thing.
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Proper Noun - Nouns that are used for a particular persion, place or
thing are called Proper Noun. It always begins with a capital Letter
Example: Tom, India, Sunday
Common Noun - Nouns that are the names given to all people, things
places or animal of some kind are called commo noun.
Example: man, doctor, school, zoo, boy
Underline the nouns in the following sentences.
1. Bread is made of flour.
2. The sun is in the sky
3. The bullock is in the field.
4. Lions eat flesh.
5. The book is on the chair
6. Mrs. Shepherd lives in Nerul.
Fill in the blanks with suitable nouns
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1. The hen laid twelve ____________
2. Have you seen an ____________
3. The ____________ is under the table.
4. I like to eat ____________
5. My ____________ will sing a song.
Pick out the nouns and state their kinds.
1. Mohan lives in Madras.
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2. The girls played near the school.
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3. My uncle lives in Delhi
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4. The policeman caught Raju and put him in prison
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5. The leaves fell from the trees.
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Fill in the blanks with suitable proper nouns.
(1) ____________________ is a big city
(2) ____________________and ____________________ are good friends.
(3) I live in ____________________
(4) My grandfather was admitted to ____________________ when he was sick
(5) ____________________ is a beautiful place.
Fill in the blanks with suitable common nouns.
(1) The cat chased the ____________________
(2) I like to read ____________________
(3) The ____________________ is kept in the cupboard.
(4) The ____________________ is clever.
(5) I have three ____________________
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Sort out the nouns and put them is their column.
elephant, grandmother, pool. station, cub, shark, play ground, rope,
nephew, Raj, shark, apples, den, giraffe, girl, cars pilot, spoon
flowers, Aashna, Mahableshwar, ribbon, frog, cobra, hall, keys. Priya,
theatre, Sahil
Name Place Person. Animal Thing
OPPOSITES
full x empty throw x catch
up x down
big x small buy x sell
clever x foolish
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young x old
many x few
loose x light
while x black
open x close
fast x slow
long x short
sweet x sour.
hot x cold
pull x push
high X low
before x after
dirty x clean
in x out
awake x asleep
go x come
happy x sad
tall x short
day & night.
good x bad
sit x stand
front x back.
girl x boy
Exercise
Underline the nouns from the sentences.
1. Sam lives in Goa
2. John's mother went to office.
3. The park is clean
4. The owl is sitting on the tree
5. My father went to Pune in November.
6. On Sunday we have to go to school.
7. The doctor went to the hospital.
8. Jane and Tom went to Delhi by train.
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10. Uday gave me a pencil and an eraser.
11. Rita looks after her mother.
12. The crow is black in colour.
13. The boys played with a ball.
14. Jeet slept on the bed.
15. My father works in a factory.
Read the story below and underline the proper nouns in Red and
Common Nouns in Blue
Kalu the tailor had a shop near the river. He made colourful pants and shirts
for children. Appu the elephant was his friend. Appu came to his shop
everyday. Kalu gave him many nice things to eat. One day Kalu wanted to
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play a trick. He did not give Appu anything to eat. He took out his needle
instead and pricked Appu’s trunk. Appu ran away in pain.
Two days later Appu came down to the river and filled his trunk with water.
He reached Kalu’s shop and threw water everywhere. All the new clothes
became wet. Appu shook his trunk and said “An elephant never forgets.”
Kalu said, “I am sorry, Appu. Let’s be friends again.” Kalu and Appu
became good friends.
Circle the odd one out
1) grapes apple watermelon bird.
2) rabbit dog cat lion
3) blue green red orange pen
4) Sunday January Monday Saturday
5) truck car book aeroplane ship
6) fish octopus kitten crab
7) circle green triangle oval square
8) puppy kitten piglet horse.
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10) eyes circle ears hands legs.
11) mother aunt mice father boy
12) rose truck jasmine mogra lily.
13) pen peacock pencil paper rubber
14) horn tiger wolf fox dog
15) cobbler driver man postman teacher.
Homework
Underline the nouns
1. Parth and Anish go to the same school.
2. The books and pencils are on the table
3. We will go to Kashmir in May.
4. Dr. Prasad is a good doctor
5. My school is next to Hinduja Hospital
6. Mrs. Das got a new Sony TV.
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Fill in the blanks with suitable nouns.
1. I came to school by ________________
2. Raj writes with a ________________
3. The teacher asked me to open the ________________
4. I will go to ________________ next week.
5. ________________ is my cousin
Proper Nouns Common Nouns
1. Don Bosco 1. School
2. ____________________ 2. Man
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3. Dr. Patil _
4. ____________________ 4. Newspaper
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5. Mt. Everest _
6. ____________________ 6. River
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7. Roald Dahl _
8. ____________________ 8. Movie
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Underline the proper nouns in green and common nouns in blue
1. Mrs. Mehta is a doctor at Breach Candy Hospital.
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2. My father likes to read the Times of India
3. Tanay's brother goes to St. Joseph's School.
4. Kamla likes to play with Nancy.
5 During the month of May I will go to Nagpur.
6. The bag is on the table
7. Bindya ate an apple in school.
8. The teacher took the children to see the animals at the zoo
9. The baker cuts the bread with a knife.
10. The pencil are bought from England.
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Kinds of sentences
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THE SUBJECT AND THE PREDICATE
Which person or animal are we talking about in these sentences?
1. Tom wanted to be a magician.
2. The stranger gave Aladdin a magic lamp.
3. Sindbad sailed his ship to a faraway land.
4. Goldilocks ate the porridge.
In a sentence we talk about someone or something and we say something
about them. A sentence can be divided into two parts: the subject and the
predicate.
The subject of a sentence is the person, animal or a thing
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about whom the sentence is.
Examples: The woodpecker is making a hole in the tree.
They are planning to buy a new car.
The predicate of a sentence is the part that tells us
something about the subject. It contains the verb.
Examples: The lighthouse was damaged in the
storm. Birds are chirping outside the
window.
A sentence always has a subject. At times, the subject
may not be mentioned in the sentence, but is understood.
Shut the door. (subject: You is understood)
Wait outside. (subject: You is understood)
Q1 Circle the subjects and underline the predicate in the
sentences.
1. Gopal eats two bananas every day.
2. Tom ran after Jerry. TAKE NOTE
3. Mama bear brought honey for baby bear.
• The predicate can come
4. I can make tea. before the subject, e.g.
Round the corner came
5. Alice went to Wonderland. a taxi.
• The subject can be a
long word group, e.g. The
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people living on this
planet must try to
prevent climate change.
Q2 Match the subjects to their predicates to form
complete sentences.
Subject Predicate
1. A camel a. fell and hurt herself.
2. Dogs b. makes houses of bricks.
3. Fish c. is a big city.
4. The girl d. are faithful animals.
5. A mason e. swim in water.
6. Mumbai f. has a bump on its back.
7. The doctor g. loves to eat pizza.
8. Deepak h. is a skilled carpenter.
9. The park i. treated me with medicines.
10. My brother j. closes in the evening.
Q3 Write suitable predicates for the given subjects.
Khushi _____________________________________________
I ______________________________________________________
An elephant
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My mother
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A large crowd ___________________________________________
Q4 Write a suitable subject for the given lines. Take help
from the box:
All insects Life in the None of
hills us
Teacher’s
Day Indian farmers A long train
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1. falls on 5th September.
2. can be tiring.
3. heard the telephone bell ringing.
4. have six legs.
5. are hardworking people.
6. has its own charm.
Q5 Circle the subject and underline the verb:
1) Dad takes us to school every
day.
2) News spreads fast in this small
town.
3) My sister and I jog in this park every morning.
4) The furniture for our new house has been delivered.
5) He sketches the people at the metro station.
6) Jimmy won the marathon race.
7) A dog barked at the squirrel.
8) My mother cooks delicious pasta
THE THREE FORMS OF A VERB
Let us learn the three forms of a verb: present, past
and past participle.
S. Present Past Past S. Present Past Past
No participle No participle
1 buy bought bought 23 come came come
2 bite bit bit/bitten 24 do did done
3 hide hid hidden 25 drink drank drunk
4 keep kept kept 26 eat ate eaten
5 sweep swept swept 27 fall fell fallen
6 feel felt felt 28 forget forgot forgotten
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29 get got got
8 build built built 30 give gave given
9 learn learnt learnt 31 go went gone
10 fly flew flown 32 leave left left
11 grow grew grown 33 lose lost lost
12 know knew known 34 make made made
13 bring brought brought 35 ring rang rung
14 buy bought bought 36 see saw seen
15 catch caught caught 37 sing sang sung
16 fight fought fought 38 sleep slept slept
17 teach taught taught 39 stand stood stood
18 think thought thought 40 tell told told
19 break broke broken 41 win won won
20 chose chose chosen 42 hit hit hit
21 speak spoke spoken 43 put put put
22 write wrote written 44 read read read
Kinds of Sentences
A sentence is a group of words that makes complete
sense. We should always remember three things
•about a sentence.
The words in a sentence are placed in an order to make
complete sense.
• A sentence always begins with a capital letter.
• A sentence has a full stop (.), a question mark (?), or a
mark of exclamation (!) at the end.
Sometimes a sentence may be made up of just one word:
1. Stand. 2. Run. 3. Stop.
All the three sentences given above are one-word sentences. All
of them give commands and are verbs. We can say that the verb
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is the heart of the sentence.
There are different kinds of sentences. They can be-
1. Declarative or assertive sentence.
It makes a statement or gives some information. It can be both
positive and negative. We add not or does not with the verb to
change it to a negative sentence.
• I am going to the market. • Misha is a tall girl.
(positive)
• He does not misbehave. (negative)
2. Imperative sentence
It is used to give a command, an order, make a request or give
advice. It is also used to give directions of instructions.
• Get me a glass of water. • Add the salt to the bowl of
water.
• Take the first right after the post office. •Please sing a
song.
3. Interrogative sentence
It is used to ask a question. We put a question mark (?) at the
end of an interrogative sentence.
• What is your name? • Where do you live?
• Have you completed your work?
4. Exclamatory sentence
It is used to express emotions such as surprise, joy, pain, anger or
pity. We put an exclamatory mark (!) at the end of an
exclamatory sentence.
• What a beautiful day! • It was so painful!
• That’s an exciting idea!
Q1. Identify the sentences. Write D for declarative, I for
imperative,
IN for interrogative and E for exclamatory.
1. How beautiful the rainbow is!
2. Can you play chess?
3. The monkey has a long tail. _____________________________
4. I’d love to watch the sunrise!
5. Have you heard from Tina? ____________________________
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Q2. Identify the kinds of sentences. Circle the correct
answers.
1. Can you sing for us?
Declarative Imperative
Interrogative Exclamatory
2. Don’t make a noise.
Imperative Interrogative
Declarative Exclamatory
Q3. Add one word each to complete these imperative or
exclamatory sentences.
1. off the lights.
2. _________________ sad!
3. not open the refrigerator.
4. the doctor immediately.
Q4. Look at these pictures and write suitable declarative or
interrogative sentences.
a) What is this?
b) Where is the dog?
c) She is an air hostess.
d) I have breakfast at 8 o’clock every day.
Q5 Rewrite the jumbled-up words into meaningful sentences.
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1) climbed / out / two / spacemen / of the / rocket.
2) person / my / is a / grandfather/ very busy
3) God / to / we / daily / pray
4) by car / office / to / goes / Richard / his
5) the lion / known as / king / is / the jungle / of the
6) you what doing are?
REVISION WORKSHEET
Q1 Underline the subject and circle the predicate of each sentence:
1) A birthday card from my aunt arrived yesterday by mail.
2) Tarzan built a tree-house in the forest for Jane.
Q2 Underline the subject and circle the related verb:
1) The little girl played with her doll.
2) Tina and I are going to the library.
3) The daily newspapers report the increase in crime in the city.
Q3 Read the below given sentences carefully and add the
punctuation marks. Then, label it; imperative, declarative,
interrogative or exclamatory:
1) how was your day at school
2) walking up that mountain is dangerous
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3) congratulations on your achievement
4) do your assignments on time
5) please get me a glass of water
6) what a pleasant weather
Q4 Arrange the jumbled-up words to make meaningful sentences:
a) love / of others / good manners / and / win the / respect
b) in / we / of / science / the age / live
c) bought / and / stationery / the books / Azeema
ches / on T.V. / the entire / the programme / family
d) aloud / the teacher / to read / him / asked
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A pronoun is defined as a word or phrase that may be
substituted for a noun or a noun phrase to avoid unnecessary
repetition of previously used nouns.
Types of Pronoun
Personal Pronoun
A personal pronoun is a pronoun that refers to a particular person.
Example: I, You, He, She, etc.
Possessive Pronoun
Possessive pronouns are those which show possession or ownership of
something.
Example: Mine, hers, ours, theirs, yours, etc.
Demonstrative Pronoun
A demonstrative pronoun is a pronoun that is used to point to something
specific within a sentence. These pronouns can indicate items and they can
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be either singular or plural.
Example: This, that, these, those, etc.
Interrogative Pronoun
A relative pronoun is one which is used to refer to nouns mentioned
previously, whether they are people, places, things, animals, or ideas.
Relative pronouns can be used to join two sentences.
Example: Which, that, whose, whoever, whomever, who, whom, etc.
Reflexive Pronoun
A reflexive pronoun is a type of pronoun that is preceded by the adverb,
adjective, pronoun, or noun to which it refers, so long as that antecedent
is located within the same clause.
Example: Myself, himself, herself, yourself, themselves, etc.
Make sensible sentences using the following words:
1. Yours:
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2. Her:
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3. Themselves:
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4. That:
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5. Their:
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Fill the blanks with the correct form of pronouns.
1. We scored as many goals as ____ (they/them).
2. I am one year older than ____ (he/him).
3. He is as good a student as ____ (she/her).
4. Between you and ____ (I/me) he is a liar.
5. Let ____ (he/him) who can, save her from drowning.
6. The boy ____ (who/whom) fell off his bicycle has hurt his leg.
7. I have not seen the girl ____ (whose/whom) suitcase was stolen.
8. Seema is the maid ____ (who/whom) I have employed.
9. This is the paragraph about ____ (that/which) the teacher is talking.
10.The letter ____ (which/what) he wrote reached me late.
Read the following sentences and use the appropriate pronouns.
1. While playing basketball, I hurt ____.
2. The children locked ___ up in the cupboard while playing hide and seek.
3. I bought __________ flowers for my anniversary.
4. All the boys participated in the race and _________ one of them got a prize.
5. _________ of the witnesses were present in the court.
6. I met Peter ______ just returned from Belgium.
7. Raju set for _______, a target which was difficult to achieve.
8. The criminals’ ______ admitted their crime.
9. This is the girl _______ identified the burglar.
10.The book is Anne’s. It is _________ favourite book.
Complete the table of pronouns:
Possessive Reflexive
Subject Pronoun Object Pronoun
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themselves
2. she hers
3. –
4. you
5. we
6. me
Find the error and rewrite the sentence.
1.) Vishal fixed the remote him selves.
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2.) Did you see the dog whom can swim?
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3.) Shilpa gave hers some biscuits.
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4.) This is the cricketer which won the best batsman Award.
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5.) Vishal, you have to do the dishes yourselves.
Correct the use of pronouns in these sentences.
1. Are this your shoes?
2. Those clothes are her.
3. Me met hers on Sunday.
4. His and myself went to the fair.
Identify the highlighted pronouns as first, second or third person personal
pronouns.
1. I am a student.
2. Do you know her?
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3. They met us yesterday.
4. They were waiting for him.
5. Did she beat you in the finals?
Rewrite these sentences correctly.
1. Mahima helped they.
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2. Him invited she for dinner.
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3. Do you want to come with I?
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4. Us are going to the mall with they.
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Correct the sentences using suitable pronouns.
1. The girl hurt himself.
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2. She spoke to me herself.
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3. Have you yourself seen it?
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5. She herself solved the sums.
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Underline the pronouns and write their kind.
1. They hid themselves inside the house.
2. Ours is the best garden in the colony.
3. What is the latest weather report?
4. Who will lead the school football team?
5. The student hurt himself.
6. I myself requested the teacher to help me make a poster.
7. She worked on the project herself.
