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Thing

          We eat biscuits with tea.


          The words biscuits and tea are the name of things.


          Feeling

          Anger is not good for you.

          The word anger is the name of a feeling.



          Action

          Let us have a race.


          The word race is the name of an action.

          When a person, place, animal, or thing is given a special name, it is called a proper
          noun.

                 Deepak, Delhi, Taj Mahal, India Gate.


          When a person, place, animal, or thing has a generic name, it is called a common
          noun.

                 man, city, building





                                                      Test Yourself


          A.    Here are pictures of nouns. Write each noun in its own column.











                     zebra                     pen                     nurse                      ox











                      book                   church                   soldier                   home


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