Qarshi davlat universiteti roman-german filologiyasi fakulteti lingvistika kafedrasi

HANDOUT 2. Put one suitable word in each space. 
Lesson plan 13 
Theme: Affirmative and Negative sentences 
Level: Intermediate
Materials: Blackboard, Projector, laptop, different handouts
Aim: To raise the awareness about 
the Course “Practical Grammar” 
Time: 
80 min 
A Noun is the name of persons, animals, places or any word which we use to call anything. The 
examples are given below to explain it clearly. 
For example
: 
1.
Pranav
likes 
Orange
and 
grapes.
2.
Delhi
is the capital of 
India.
3.
Asha
was born in 
July.
4.
Children
are playing with 
toys.
Noun is a word to name a person, place or thing. It is basically classified into four categories. 
However, there are more bases and methods of classification as well. The four basic categories 
of noun are: 
Proper Noun, Common Noun, Collective Noun and Abstract noun.
Proper noun:
Proper nouns are names but refer to a particular person or thing. Example: 
Ashoka was a great king. Alexander was a great warrior. Shyam loves his mother. John has a 
girlfriend. NewYork is among the busiest cities. In these examples, there are names of 
particular persons included. Ashoka refers to a particular king. Alexander refers to a particular 
warrior. Shyam refers to a particular person and John too. NewYork means a particular city. 
You will come across more such examples in daily life where a noun refers to a particular 
person, place or thing. Even businesses and products like chocolates have names. When 
somebody talks about your friend, you know which particular person he is talking about by his 
name. 

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Common Noun:
A common noun does not refer to a particular person, place or thing. 
Common nouns refer to an entire group of things but do not mistake it for collective nouns. A 
common noun is a name common to several people, places or things. For examples when you 
say a country, you could be referring to any country but when you say India then you are 
referring to a particular country.
By a common noun, you can refer to just anyone in general. Like when you say an 
animal, you refer to just any animal in general and there are several species of animals on the 
earth. When you say lion, people know which particular species you are referring to.