Nouns are names of people, places, animals, plants and things. There are two kinds of Nouns:
(A) Common Nouns
Common nouns are the names used to refer to people, animals, plants and non-living things.
Examples:
children family mountain flower
lorry road sky dinosaur
joy pen typhoon wood
(B) Proper Nouns
Proper nouns are special names given to particular persons, places or things. Proper nouns are written starting with a capital letter. Usually, determiners such as ‘a’ or ‘the’ are not found before a proper nouns.
Common Nouns
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Proper Nouns
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Boy
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Henry
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Country
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Malaysia
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Day
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Monday
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Girl
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Tina
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Man
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Mr Wong
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Month
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January
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Place
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Batu Caves
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Road
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Persiaran Menara Satu
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State
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Perak
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Storybook
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Tresure Island
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Exercise
Choose the correct answer.
1) Margie is riding a ____________________.
(A) butterfly
(B) buffalo
(C) horse
(D) car
2) You must pay a _______________if you are caught throwing rubbish now.
(A) punishment
(B) cost
(C) fine
(D) bill
3) The ___________________looks very beautiful in the sky.
(A) rainbow
(B) wind
(C) star
(D) air
4) My grandmother gave my sister a gold ________________ on her birthday.
(A) necklace
(B) thread
(C) string
(D) rope
5) James is tidying his ____________because it is very messy.
(A) books (C) room
(B) shoes (D) cups
6) These stamps are from different _______________.
(A) countries
(B) colours
(C) people
(D) places
7) It is dangerous to run across the busy ______________.
(A) playground
(B) sidewalk
(C) road
(D) park
8) My pet cat cleans itself by licking its ______________.
(A) face
(B) legs
(C) tail
(D) fur
9) My ________________wants us to behave ourselves in the classroom.
(A) neighbor
(B) teacher
(C) parent
(D) friends
10) The schoolboy wears a white ______________and a pair of blue shorts.
(A) blouse
(B) jacket
(C) T-shirt
(D) shirt
