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Exercises - Noun-Parts Of Speech-ESL/Learn English Grammar

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1. From your reading bring up sentences containing ten common nouns,
five proper, five abstract.

--NOTE.--Remember that all sentences are to be _selected_ from
standard literature.

2. Under what class of nouns would you place

(_a_) the names of diseases, as
_pneumonia_, _pleurisy_, _catarrh_, _typhus_,
_diphtheria_;

(_b_) branches of knowledge, as
_physics_, _algebra_,_geology_, _mathematics_.

3. Mention collective nouns that will embrace groups of each of the
following individual nouns:--

man
horse
bird
fish
partridge
pupil
bee
soldier
book
sailor
child
sheep
ship
ruffian

4. Using a dictionary, tell from what word each of these abstract
nouns is derived:--

sight
speech
motion
pleasure
patience
friendship
deceit
bravery
height
width
wisdom
regularity
advice
seizure
nobility
relief
death
raid
honesty
judgment
belief
occupation
justice
service
trail
feeling
choice
simplicity





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