CLASS 3 Subject - English Chapter - Nouns and its types Date of Creation: 2/11/2021 Singular and plural noun Meta Description: A singular noun refers to only one object, animal or person. Plural nouns refer to more than one object, animal or person. Description This worksheet is for class 3 English grammar, comprising the topic of singular and plural nouns. It will help students to have a better understanding of the English language and its rules in general. After solving the worksheet, students will have a better understanding of common and proper nouns. They will also be able to answer the following questions: 1. What is a noun? 2. What are the types of nouns? What is a noun? A noun is any word used to describe or refer to a person, place, animal, things etc. For example, there is this girl called Anjali. Here, the name Anjali is a noun since it describes a person. We can use a verb in the form of a noun too. For example, Anjali is doing the activity of dancing. Here, we use 'dancing' to describe what Anjali is doing. Dancing generally gets used as a verb. For example, he is dancing. It proves that a verb can be used as a noun too.
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Similarly, we can also use pronouns as a noun. For example, he is going to the playground. Here, we use 'he' to denote the person, but 'he' is also a pronoun. It proves that a pronoun can be used as a noun too. Examples of nouns are - Ajay, Ram, Sita, Tiger, Eagle, Tree, Plant, Field, Russia, India etc. In this worksheet, we would be practising singular and plural nouns. But first, let us look at the type of nouns. What are the types of nouns? There are the following types of nouns: 1. Proper nouns 2. Common nouns 3. Abstract nouns 4. Concrete nouns 5. Countable nouns 6. Uncountable nouns 7. Collective nouns 8. Compound nouns What is a countable noun? Countable nouns refer to things, animals or places that we can count using numbers. Example 1 - 5 Apples. Here, we can count that there are five apples present. Example 2 - 10 ants. Here too, we can count the number of ants, that is ten. If we have to use countable nouns in the sentence, we can use them in the following manner: Ram is going to bring five apples. There are at least ten ants on the wall. What is a singular noun? www.takshilalearning.com
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A singular noun refers to only one object, animal or person. Example refers to Example refers to
1 - I have a blank notebook. Here, the singular noun a single blank notebook. 2 - There is a fish in the pond. Here, the singular noun only one fish present in the pond.
What is a plural noun? Plural nouns refer to more than one object, animal or person. Example 1 - I have a stack of notebooks. Here, the singular noun refers to a single stack, but the plural noun is the stack of notebooks. Example 2 - There is a school of fish in the pond. Here, the plural noun refers to a school of fish, meaning a lot of fishes together, present in the pond. So now that we know what are singular and plural nouns, let us look at some fun exercises. Fill the table with respective singular nouns and plural nouns. Sl no. Singular Plural 1
Boy
2
Women
3
Knife
4
Try
5
Tooth
6
Leg
7
Syllabus
8
Species
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9
Sheaves
10
Runners-up
11
Quiz
12
Penny
13
Sheep
14 15
Series Pary
ANSWER Sl no. Singular
Plural
1
Boy
Boys
2
Woman
Women
3
Knife
Knives
4
Try
Tries
5
Tooth
Teeth
6
Leg
Legs
7
Syllabus
Syllabi
8
Species
Species
9
Sheaf
Sheaves
10
Runner-up Runners-up
11
Quiz
Quizess
12
Penny
Pennies
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13
Sheep
Sheep
14
Series
Series
15
Party
Parties
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