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English Grade 5 word class
Love Oil Table
Team Running School

2. 7/16/2023 Mr. N.G.Sunil Fernando and Mr. A.G Nihal Padmasiri 2
English Grade 5 word class
Common Nouns
Competency 6. 1
Identifies common nouns and revises knowledge of
grammar rules at the word , phrase and sentence levels.

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What are common nouns?
“Common nouns are nouns that refer to
general people , places, things, and ideas.”
These nouns are non-specific.

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Let’s see the examples one by one.
People
• Father
• Girl
• Child
Places
• School
• Bank
• Shop
Things
• Table
• Pen
• Book
Animals
• Lion
• Dog
• Cat
Ideas
• Love
• Hate
• pride

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1. Father works in the field.
2. The bank is in the town.
3. My pen is on the table.
4. The lion is the king of the jungle.
5. His pride is equal to his abilities.
Let’s find the nouns of the following sentences.
Father Field.
bank Town.
pen table.
king Jungle.
pride abilities.
lion

6. 7/16/2023
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There are 6 categories of common
nouns. They are
Common
nouns
Countable nouns
Uncountable nouns
Concrete nouns
Collective nouns
Abstract nouns
Verbal nouns

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. How can we identify these
categories of common nouns? Let’s see.
Types of nouns definition examples
 Countable
nouns
can see, touch
and pluralize
Friend, book,
cat

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Types of nouns definition examples
Uncountable
nouns
can see and
touch but can’t
pluralize and
count
Gas, water, oil,
creativity

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Types of nouns definition examples
Concrete nouns Use to refer
physical entities.
Also can count
and touch
Table, School,
Supermarket
Collective nouns Use to refer to a
collection or
group of people
or things
Team, Band,
Flock

10. 7/16/2023
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English Grade 5 word class
When we use a collective noun, we can use either a
singular or a plural verb. The choice depends on
whether we see the group as a whole or as a number of
individual numbers.
We use a singular verb if the group acts as a single unit,
and a plural verb when the members of the group act
as a number of individuals.
e.g.: 1. There was quite a large audience.
2. The audience were already clapping their hands.
N.B

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Abstract
nouns
Use to refer
to a non-
physical
entity,
basically
emotion or
an act
Love,
kindness,
happiness

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Verbal
nouns
A noun derived
from the verb or
stem by adding
“ing” to the end
of the verb
Go + ing =
going
running
reading

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Look at this diagram and circle the common
nouns
love
team
table
friend
rain
making
army
peace
he
herself
yourself
them
Kumara
me

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This is Kamal’s room. He has gone out and the (1) …………… is open.
His bed is near the (2) ………..………. and there is a curtain partly
covering it. There is a (3) ……………… of Sri Lanka hanging on the (4)
………………. His bed is very narrow one with a (5) ……………. On one
side. Two (6) ……………. and a pair of (7) ………………. are hung on the
wall hanger. He has a big (8) ……………… to sit on when he is studying.
On his (9) …………….. are several books. His mother has placed a (10)
……………... of water for him to drink.
Use the following nouns to fill the blanks in the given text bellow
wall / pillow / window/ map / table / bottle / shirts/ trousers /
chair/ door
table
chair
trousers
shirts
pillow
wall
map
window
door
bottle

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