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Nouns

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Some students have written the given collective nouns wrongly. Help them to write
these correctly.
1. A team of cattle 2. A panel of ships

3. A fleet of actors, singers, etc. 4. A class of directors
5. A pair of stars 6. A murder of people
7. A crowd of hounds 8. A beehive of bees

Let’s Learn Noun

A noun is the name of a person, a place, an animal or a thing.
For example: Anu, Mrs Banerjee, city, Taj Mahal, lion, book, etc.

Nouns can be either countable or uncountable.

Countable nouns can be counted and have plural forms. For example: car, cup, house, etc.

Uncountable nouns cannot be counted and do not have plural forms. For example: wood,
milk, air, etc.

Nouns are of the following type.

Proper

Concrete Common
Nouns
Material
Abstract
Collective

Let’s Learn Concrete Nouns

Concrete nouns are the names of things that can be touched or seen. They name a person,
place, animal or thing which is physical and visible. Proper, common, material and collective
nouns are the different types of concrete nouns.

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