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C. Fill in the blanks with appropriate collective nouns from the box.

panel shoal crowd bundle team crew forest class

1. A of students 2. A of sticks

3. A of sailors 4. A of fish

5. A of experts 6. A of players

7. A of people 8. A of trees

Abstract and Material Nouns

Read these sentences.
1. Diya looked at the beauty of stars all around.

2. Silver is a precious metal. REMEMBER

In sentence 1, the word beauty is an abstract noun. An abstract noun denotes
Examples of abstract nouns are happiness, joy, honesty, something that is immaterial
and has no physical existence.
confidence, childhood and so on. It may be an idea, quality or

In sentence 2, the word silver is a material noun. Some state.

more examples of material nouns are wood, sugar, oil,
etc.

D. Circle the abstract nouns and underline the material nouns.

1. Sunita Williams has shown great courage and patience.

2. We should treat the sick with kindness.

3. Water is colourless.

4. Healthy food gives us a lot of strength.

Word Wise • Homophones
• Gender (Nouns)

Words like sun-son, air-heir sound the same but have different spellings and

meanings. We call them homophones.

A. Tick (3) the correct homophones given in brackets.

1. She (ate/eight) an apple in the morning.

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