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Olympiad (Class 5) Nouns, Pronouns and Adjectives — practice questions

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In the sentence 'The girl visited Jaipur by train', which word is a proper noun?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these words is a common noun?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word must start with a capital letter even in the middle of a sentence?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these nouns can be counted and used in the plural, as in 'two ___s'?Read the answer and worked solution →A group of players is called a 'team'. What kind of noun is 'team'?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these nouns names something you can see and touch?Read the answer and worked solution →Adding '-ness' to the adjective 'happy' gives 'happiness'. What kind of noun is formed?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ending turns the adjective 'kind' into an abstract noun?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair contains two abstract nouns?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'Art is important in human culture', what kind of noun is 'art'?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'Gareth thought she was weird', which word is a pronoun?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do writers use pronouns in place of nouns?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete: 'Ravi and Sita are friends. ___ study together.'Read the answer and worked solution →Complete: 'Mina lost her pen, so ___ asked a friend for one.'Read the answer and worked solution →How many persons do English personal pronouns have?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these pronouns is in the first person singular?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pronoun is third person, singular and neuter?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete: 'Rahul likes Maya, and Maya likes ___ too.'Read the answer and worked solution →Complete: '___ and Anil went to the market.'Read the answer and worked solution →Complete: 'This bag belongs to me. It is ___.'Read the answer and worked solution →Which possessive word must always be followed by a noun?Read the answer and worked solution →Rani's pencil is on the desk. Complete: 'The pencil is ___.'Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these pronouns is reflexive?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete: 'The kitten washed ___ after dinner.'Read the answer and worked solution →In 'The two friends helped each other', what kind of pronoun is 'each other'?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair are both demonstrative pronouns?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'Take these, please', what kind of pronoun is 'these'?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word is the plural of the demonstrative pronoun 'that'?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word is an indefinite pronoun?Read the answer and worked solution →Which indefinite pronoun means that no person at all is meant?Read the answer and worked solution →

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In the sentence 'The girl visited Jaipur by train', which word is a proper noun?

  1. Jaipur
  2. train
  3. girl
  4. visited
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Correct answer: A. Jaipur

Jaipur names one particular city, so it is a proper noun, while girl and train are general names.

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Which of these words is a common noun?

  1. mountain
  2. Ganga
  3. Delhi
  4. Everest
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Correct answer: A. mountain

Mountain names a whole class of things, while the other words name single, particular places.

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Which word must start with a capital letter even in the middle of a sentence?

  1. river
  2. city
  3. school
  4. Yamuna
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Correct answer: D. Yamuna

Yamuna is the name of one particular river, and proper nouns are capitalized wherever they appear.

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