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1. 1.

   Put on your thinking hats and write a proper noun for each of these common nouns:

   country	diamond	ice cream	restaurant	shopping mall	school	dessert
   street	State	neighbours	song	mobile	body location	drink

    

2. 2.

   Choose the correct nouns given in the box and fill in the blanks.

   audience	cowardice	boyhood	China	story book
   Christians	vegetables	ships	photographer	mountain

   1. Dairy is to milk as market is to _____________________.
   2. Ganga is to river as Everest is to _____________________.
   3. Tin Tin is to comic as Matilda is to _____________________.
   4. Fleet is to _____________________ as caravan is to camels.
   5. Joy is to sorrow as _____________________ is to bravery.
   6. Mosque is to Muslims as church is to _____________________.
   7. Concert is to _____________________ as spectators is to match.
   8. Boy is to _____________________ as move is to movement.
   9. Paris is to France as Beijing is to _____________________.
   10. Photograph is to _____________________ as painting is to artist.
3. 3.

   Keeping in mind that a collective noun takes a singular verb, fill in the blanks by choosing the right verb given in brackets.

   1. A flock of tourists _____________________ (stands/ stand) and _____________________ at the Agra Fort. (gaze/ gazes)
   2. A shoal of fish _____________________ (swim / swims) past us as are scuba diving in the Andamans. Up in the sky, a flock of birds _____________________ past. (fly/ flies)
   3. The jury _____________________(give / gives) its verdict. The bench of judges _____________________ the court room. (leave / leaves )
   4. A gang of thieves _____________________ (loots/ loot) the bank and escapes the posse of constables which _____________________ after them. (chase/ chases)
   5. A team of players _____________________ (practise/ practises) for their match every morning while a herd off cows _____________________ peacefully in the field. (grazes/ graze)
4. 4.

   Form abstract nouns from these adjectives, verbs and common nouns with the help of the prefixes given. There will be change of spellings inn some words. Consult the dictionary.

   Suffix	Word Adjectives	Abstract Noun
   1. ness	busy, bitter, eager, selfish, mean, ugly, serious
   2. ity	equal, inferior, eager, selfish, mean, ugly, serious
   3. ence	innocent, confident, excellent, brilliant
   4. ey	accurate, efficient, urgent, secret, vacant
   5. ment	excite, develop, treat, advertise, achieve
   6. ance	appear, abound, resist,guide
   7. ion	act, celebrate, elect, revise, construct, express,possess, predict, react, disturb, perform
   8. hood	boy, brother, child, man, mother
   9. ship	friend, owner, member, member, partner, king, dictator
   10. age	bond, parent, use, pilgrim