Identification of Noun
1. Shikha will come tomorrow.
2. Sanjay went home.
3. Tomorrow never comes.
4. A week has seven days.
5. Honesty is the best policy.
6. Love changes a person.
7. Meenu loves his home.
8. The officers reached on time.
9. Time heals stress.
UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
DON'T USE
-a/an/one/two...
-Many / few/ several/ ...
-plural forms
Name of concepts - furniture ( bed, chair, bench, sofa, table) , stationery (pen, pencil, book, marker,), traffic (bus, passers-by, car, bike, truck,), equipment, jewelry , money (that uses to measure the value of anything ) , luggage, baggage, crockery, machinery, scenery (oceans, mountain, building ,plants, waterfall), evidence (audio recording, kmife, gun, papers), food, poetry ( style of writting) poetry- poems, ode, sonnets, elegy / Prose- eassay, storie , fable, paragraphs)
Advice, information, , knowledge (name of state), brokerage (amount of broker;s money), , work, bread (loaf of bread- all slice / slice of bread- single piece), stone, word (promise/commitment/news) , hair, progress, mischief, , behavior, weather, damage, harm, access, fuel, music, soap, chalk, life, death, alphabet, health, experience, time etc.
It is difficult to find a work in this situation
There are some poetries in the book. (poem)
She gave us an impartial advice on the aspects of living life.
I have to purchased some new furnitures .
Rahul wrote his address on a paper. (page/sheet/piece)
The student drew the diagram with a chalk. (piece of / stick of chalk)
Proper Noun first latter in upper case
The same board (A)/ is used (B)/ for chess (C)/ as well as for draughts. (D)/ No error (E)
Chess, Draughts
The + Proper noun = Common noun
An Andhadhun has defeated a Race 3 on box office.
Shashi Kapoor dead Hollywood projects much before Priyanka Chopras and Deepika Padukones.
Ambani's and Adani's have become very influential as for as the Policy making of the government is concerned.
Common Noun
The man's car. ✅️
The Mohan's car ❌️
The Student's bag❌️
many student's / students' parents❌️
The newly appointed (A) manager paid no attention (A) to worker's demand. (C) No error (D)
(The worker's demand)
The youth is/are the pillars of the Nation (जवान लोग)
School, University, Hospital. Temple Church Primary Purpose के लिए हो तो Article "The" का प्रयोग नहीं करते और Secondary या other purpose के लिए हो तो article "the" का प्रयोग किया जाता है!
I went to the University to meet my friend.
I go to the school to study.
Collective Noun
Supply a suitable collective noun (for people) for each blank:
1. Class Of students.
2. Army of soldiers.
3. Choir Of singers.
4. Crew of sailors.
5. Band Of musicians.
6. Bunch of crooks.
7. Crowd Of people/ spectators.
8. Gang Of thieves.
9. Group of dancers.
10.Team of players.
11. Troupe of artist/ dancers.
12. Pack of thieves.
13. Staff Of employees.
14. Regiment of soldiers.
15. Tribe of native.
16. Audience of listeners.
17. Panel of experts.
18. Gang of laborers.
19. Flock of tourists.
20. Board of directors.
21. corgergation of worshippers
Every evening a............of wolves descends into the valley to hunt. (CHSL 2017)
(A) pack
(B) gang
(C) flock
(D) herd
Supply a suitable collective noun (for animals) for each blank:
1. catch of Fish.
School of fish - Same species
Shoal of fish - different species
2. army of ansts
3. flight of birds (flying)
4. flock of birds (setting)
5. haul of fish..
6. flock of sheep
7. herd of deer/cattle/elephants/ goats/buffaloes (domestic)
8. hive of bees
9. litter of Cubs /kitten/puppies/kittens
10. host of sparrows
11. team of horses.
12. troop of Lions
13 zoo of wild Animals
14 pack of wolves / hounds
16. swarm of bees/Ants/rats/flies/insects
17.team of horses / ducks/oxen
18. murder of Crows
19. kennel of Dogs
20. pack of Hounds
21. Parliament of Owls
22. Ostentation of peacocks
Supply a suitable collective noun (for thing) for each blank:
1. Group of islands.
2. galaxy of stars.
11. Basket of fruit.
12. Bowl of rice.
3. Wad of notes.
13. Pack of cards.
14. Pair of shoes.
4. Forest of trees.
5. Stack of wood.
15. Bouquet of flowers.
6. Fleet of ships.
7. String of pearls.
16. Bunch of keys.
17. Chest of drawers.
8. Album Of stamps/autographs/photo-graphs
18. Pack of lies.
19. Range of mountains.
9. Hedge of bushes.
10. Library of books.
20. Cloud of dust.
Collective noun United - singular
Divided - plural
Jury have/has given their/its verdict
Jury have/has argued for five hours
Team has / have taken its / their seat/seats
Team is / are happy after winning the match
Abstract Noun
ation, ition, tion, ion, ision, ity, ty, g, th, h, red, ter, Ship, hood, ment, ance, ence, ism
Youth is/are a beautiful stage of life (जवानी)
The youth is/are the pillars of the Nation (जवान लोग)
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
कुछ uncountable noun का plural करने पर उनका अर्थ निम्न हो जाता है।
WATER - WATERS
WORK - WORKS
AIR - AIRS
PREMISE - PREMISES (परिसर)
WOOD - WOODS
ORDER - ORDERS
IRON - IRONS
ALPHABET - ALPHABETS
SAND - SANDS
MANNER - MANNERS
COPPER - COPPERS
FORCE - FORCES
PARTICULAR - PARTICULARS
ADVICE - ADVICES
ARM - ARMS
PAPER - PAPERS
RESPECT - RESPECTS
Custom - customs
I went to Delhi (A)/ and bought (B)/ much good (C)/ for my wife. (D)/ No error (E) goods
The judge ordered that (A) the iron / irons of the accused (B) should be removed. (C) No error (D)
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Make a plural of compound noun: Compound noun plural of Compound noun
1. Secretary General Attorney. Secretaries general attorney
3. General Manager General managers
5. Major general Majors- generals
6. Book shop Book shops
7. Shopkeeper Shopkeepers
8. Court-martial Courts-martial
9. Looker-on Lookers-on
10. Passer-by Passers-by
14. Governor-general Governors-general
Hundreds of (A)/ passer-bys (B)/ stopped at (C)/ the place of accident. (D)/ No error (E) passers-by
The Lok Sabha speaker has called a meeting (A) with the secretary generals secretaries general (B) of all political parties. (C) No error (D)
All the girls-students of the college are advised to sit in their girl's common room (Girl-students)
The great artist( 1)/ was surrounded by (B)/ his usual crowd (C)/ of hanger-ons. (D)/ No error (E) hangers-on
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
bagful - bagfuls
Handful - handfuls
bucketful - bucketfuls
Spoonful - spoonfuls
The raid team discovered bagsful / bagfuls (A) of money and lots of gold jewellery (B) from the minister's farmhouse. (C) No error (D)
It is harmful(1)/ to take cupsful / cupfuls of tea (2)/ five times a day (3)/ No error (4)
Man-teacher - Men teachers
A man who is a teacher
Man eater - Man eaters
One who eats man
Man-servant - men servant
a man who is a servant
There are four men who are servants
Man-hater - Man haters
One who hates man
Woman doctor - women doctors
There are two women who are doctors
There have been (A)/ ten woman (B)/ doctors (C)/ in our colony. D)/No error (E) women
Some villagers have reported to (A) the forest officer that they have seen many (B) men man eaters in the nearby jungle. (C) No error (D)
Deepak has (A)/ four man-servants (B)/ whereas Alok has got (C)/ only one woman- servant. (D)/ No error (E) men
The majority of the woman teachers are pursuading the principal to consider their demand. (women teachers)
I called many women servant / servants (1)/ for the sake of (2)/ my household work (3)/ No error (4)
A five-men (A)/ delegation (B)/ waited upon (C)/ the Prime Minister. (D)/ No error (E) man
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Pre+ noun = Modifiers
Member of Parliament.
Officer-in-charge
Code of conduct
Engineer-in-chief
Brother-in-law
All his sisters-in-laws are extremely beautiful to look at so the question of selection is very puzzling (sisters-in-law)
I have invited all (A) my brother-in-laws to (B) my son's birthday party. (C) No error (D) (CGL 2017)
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
COMPACT AND NON-COMPACT UNITS
UNITS
Compact
year month, rupee
Non compact
hundred, thousand, dozen, foot, inch, score
My friend is twenty years old (year)
She saw a six feet snake (foot)
They found ten inches pipe. (inch)
Rekha offered ten rupee (rupees)
Sanjay spent three year (years)
Harish needed five hundreds (hundred)
they arranged ten dozens (dozen)
Hundred of student have applied (hundreds)
Thousands of applicant are invited (applicants)
I asked the shopkeeper, (A) “Do you have change for (B) a five-hundred-rupees note?" (C) No error (D) (CGL 2017)
Even after the enactment of several acts and provisions we can see five years old boys working in hazardous factories. (year)
He said that he always kept in his pocket a bundle of one hundred rupees notes. (rupee) 3. Running a five stars hotel needs much more money than what we have in our account. (star)
There are two scores / score of books which are lying unused in the library.
He says that a two miles walk always keeps him healthy and fresh. (mile)
He has bought a dozen of copies of British English grammar which is a very popular book among the students (a dozen copy/ dozens of copies)
Five Thousands / thousand rupees (1)/ was stolen from (2)/ my pocket yesterday by someone (3)/ No error (4)
Thousand of people (A)/ had already been killed (B)/ in the accident (C)/ near Fatuha. (D)/ No error (E) thousands
Whenever he goes to Mumbai (1)/ he stays in (2)/ five-stars / star hotels (3)/ No error (4)
Jaya and Jyotsna went (A)/ to her friend's house(B)/ and gave her two (C)/ ten-rupees note. (D)/ No error (E)
Tennis ranking work over (a)/ a rolling 62 weeks period, updated by adding points earned in the previous week and (b)/ subtracting those from the equivelent (c)/ week in the previous year. (d)/ No error. (e)/ (week)
Agreeing with the rationale (a)/of the law, the five judges Bench said; "The Places of Worship Act imposes (b)/ a non derogable obligation towards enforcing our commitment to secularism (c)/ under the Indian Constitution."(d)/ No Error.(e)/ (judge)
In not framing the matter(a)/ in the letter and spirit of its own order just (b)/ three years ago, and instead, trying to 'balance', the law and its interpreters (c)/are enabling a significant and worrying change in India. (d)/ No Error.(e)/
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Units of measurements
Weight, Amount, Hight, Period of time, Distance, Speed
two thousand rupees is/are in my pocket/pockets
Five miles is/are easy to cover on foot and by bicycle
168 cm. is/are my height
Ten kilometres (A)/ is a long distance (B)/ but five years(C)/are not a long period. (D)/ No error (E)
Two books is/are in my school
Five thousand (A)/ rupees are a (B)/ large amount (C)/ for everybody. (D)/ No error (E) is
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
tooth - teeth, foot - feet, goose - geese
He knocked four tooths / teeth (A) of his assailant with (B) a single punch that night. (C) No error (D)
The Taj Mahal is one of (A) the most beautiful buildings / building not just (B) in India but also the world. (C) No error (D)
You are among those (1)/ men / man who earned name and fame not by (2)/ chance but by hard work. (3)/ No error (4)
It usually takes one one and (A) a half hours / hour to reach the temple (B) on foot from this place. (C) No error (D)
[1/4 = fourth]
one-fourth of the chapters are clear.
one forth of the syllabus is easy.
There is / are still one-third of (A) the students here not able (B) to do even basic calculations. (C) No error (D)
A few (A)/ dwarves are (B)/ working in (C)/ this circus. (D)/ No error (E) dwarf / dwarfs
Doctors did (A)/their best to save (B) the lifes ofthe (C)/accident victims. (D)/ No error (E) lives
Soni together with her parents (A)/ went to the market (B)/ and brought (C)/ a lot of handkerchieves.(D)/ No error (E) handkerchiefs
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
All time singular
..... ery
poetry, machinery, Scenery, Stationery, Imaginery, jewellery, Crockery, Homage, Damage, Knowledge,
..... age
Baggage, Luggage,Wastage,Postage,
Names of Deases
Rechets,Mumps,Measles,Shingles
Name of Game
Billiards, Tennis, Droughts, Innings, Athletics, Gymnastics,Cards, Chess,Marbles.
Name of countries/Institutions/Books
The United States, Athens,United Nations,Wales,The Arabian Nights, The Gulliver's Travelles
Subject Name
Mathematics, Physics, Ethics, Civics, Statistics,Athletics, Aesthetics
Uncountable Noun
advice, information,dirt,paper, wood, work, evidence, glass, stone, equipment, news, furniture, vacation, mischief, machinery
The machineries are (A)/ not functioning (B)/ properly(C)/ these days. (D)/ No error (E) machinery
The Arabian Nights have / has been written by Shakespeare.
The three idiots are / is a very interesting movie. The United Nations are the most powerful organisation of the world.
All the furniture / furnitures has been (1)/ sold for a song (2)/as we were in a hurry to leave the town (3)/ No error (4)
Shingles are / is a disease in which the patient develops lots of inflamed spots round the waist.
They go (1)/ to Agra (2)/ during summer vacations / vacation (3)/ No error (4)
Children are prone to making mischeifs / mischief
His politics is / are not good so we have suggested to him that he should read Gandhi, Nehru and Karl Marks
Their teacher has given him a piece of homework to do it at night.
The sceneries / scenery of Kashmir is more beautiful than that of Darjeeling.
No porter being available he carried all luggages / luggage himself.
Gulliver's Travels (A)/ is an (B)/ interesting book (C)/ written by Jonathan Swift. (D)/ No error (E)
He gave me two pieces important information / informations (1)/ I had been waiting for (2)/ the previous two months. (3)/ No error (4)
My parents obtained (A)/ many informations (B)/ about this child (C)/ last night. (D)/ No error (E) much
Three summons / summonses have been issued (A) by the district court, but he (B) has not turned up yet. (C) No error (D) (CGL 2017 )
Your advice are / is (1)/ the proof of your discriminating mind and (2)/ pragmatic approach. (3)/ No error (4)
They are (A)/ awaiting advices (B)/ from their (C)/ Delhi branch. (D)/No error (E)
The company has ordered (1)/ some (2)/ new equipments / equipment (3)/ No error (4)
He put (1)/ his sign / signature (2)/ to the letter (3)/ No error (4)
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
All time Plural
Name of tools of instrument
spectacles, binoculars, scissors,tongs, t-shirt, pantaloons, sunglasses, pliers, goggles, jeans, trousers, lowers, leggings, jeggings, pants.
People, Police, Peasantry, gentry
The Peoples = Nations
A people = Nation
The gentry (A)/of our colony (B)/ was invited (C)/ to attend the meeting. (D)/ No error (E) were
The people (A)/ of the world (B)/ must (C)/ unite. (D)/ No error(E) the peoples
He misplaced his spectacle / spectacles and is now facing difficulties in reading.
She docs not (A)/ cut paper (B)/ with blade (C)/ but with a scissors. (D)/ No error (E)
Trousers (1)/ is / are in (2)/ short supply (3)/ No error (4)
Noun derived from other parts of speech
arrears,alms, proceedings( legal action), proceeds( money from selling sth), belongings, surroundings, remains, vegetables, tidings (information), savings, earnings, Ashes, returns (detail of income), brains (common sense), congratulations, thanks, compliments, particulars, gallows, archieves, vegetables
Alm / Alms given to beggars are sometimes misused.
His savings is / are still very small.
Peasantry has / have become (1)/ an arduous job (2)/ nowadays in social life of India (3)/ No error (4)
The Police are / is (1)/ investigating (2)/ the matter (3)/ No error (4)
Do you (1)/ like (2)/ vegetable? (3)/ No error (4)
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Use Singular and Plural on same form
Headquarters,Jury, Crew, Aircraft, Counsel, Sheep, Deer, fish, swine, Innings
The headquarters of the Army is in Delhi, it's really very surprising that you don't know even this fact.
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
marriage - state / relation
wedding - event / Ceremony
Wedding planner, wedding hall,Wedding anniversary, Wedding invitation, marriage certificate, marriage responsibilities
The bride looked very happy (A) and beautiful in that designer dress (B) on her marriage / wedding day. (C) No error (D)
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Series / Sequence
Step by step, door to door, word by word, city after city
Women after women / woman after woman (A) spoke against the (B) practise of dowry. (C) No error (D)
Pages after Pages is / are read.
Doors to Doors / Door to Door is nocked at.
Village after village has been developed.
Towns after towns / Town after Town was conquered by him but he found no peace.
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
विदेशी भाषा (foreign language) के कुछ शब्दों का plural] निम्न प्रकार होता है
Is - es
Crisis - Crises
Analysis - Analyses
Thesis - Theses
Hypothesis - Hypotheses
Basis - Bases
Axis - Axes
um----a
Agendum - Agenda
Medium - Media
Datum - Data
Corrigendum Corrigenda
Addendum - Addenda
Memorandum - Memoranda
Forum - Fora
on----a
Criterion - Criteria
Phenomenon - Phenomena
A - ae
Alumna - Alumnae
Formula - Formulae
Algebra - Algebrae
Us - i
Aluminus - Alumini
Radius - Radii
Focus - Foci
Syllabus - Syllabi
The present datas / data (1)/ show that the illiteracy rate in India has fallen down but not (2)/ to the level of expectation (3)/ No error (4)
Sunrise (A)/ is a (B)/ great (C)/ phenomena. (D)/ No error (E) phenomenon
What are the criterions of the selection in the examination (criteria)
Success in money-making (A)/ is not always (B)/ a good criteria (C)/of real success in life. (D)/ No error (E) criterion
All the alumnuses of the college came to the college to meet one another (alumni)
All the radiuses of a circle are always equal. (radii)
All the planets move on their axises. (Axes)
Present government is (1)/ making different agenda / agendas for (2)/ the problem of naxalities (3)/ No error (4)
Sunrise (1)/ is a great (2)/ phenomena / phenomenon (3)/ No error (4)
The widow (l)/who lives near his house (B)/ is passing through (C)/ many crisis. (D)/ No error
crises
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
You will find (A)/ a lamp-post (B)/ at the front side (C)/ of the institute. (D)/ No error (E)
Front / Back side, Return back
The teacher and the guardian appreciate (A)/ Jaya walking early (B)/ in the morning with a view to (C)/ achieving normal health. (D)/ No error (E)
Jaya's
The name of (A)/ Amitabh's (B)/ and Ajitabh's (C)/ father is Bachchanji. (D)/No error (E)
Amitabh
There was (A)/ no money in the bank (B)/ in Dhananjay's (C)/ and Mritunjay's joint account. (D)/ No error (E)
His answer (1)/ is full of (2)/ blunder mistakes. (3)/ No error (4)
Sudhakar's house (A)/ is at (B)/ a stone's throw (C)/ from here. (D)/No error (E)
My friend went (A)/ to Mumbai and spoke (B)/ to Govinda's, (C)/ the actor's secretary. (D)/ No error (E)
Govinda
Raghu is going (A)/ to Stephen Hawking's (B)/ the scientist's (C)/ country. (D)/ No error (E)
Hawking
I went to the house (A)/ and found that (B)/ the cart's wheel (C)/ was broken. (D)/. No error (E)
The wheel of the cart
