Nouns – One and Many
Q. I Solve the crossword with the help of the clues given below. Hint: All the words you form are proper nouns:
Across
2. A harvest festival of Tamil Nadu
5. A popular hill station in the south
7. The state language Maharashtra
8. The Taj Mahal is on the banks of this
river
9. Mahatma Gandhi is popularly known as
this.
Down
1. A sacred book of the Hindus
2. A popular cartoon character
3. One of the names of Lord Buddha
4. The surname of India's current Prime
Minister
6. A state in South India famous for its boat
races
Ans: 1.Gita 2. pongal 3.Gautam 4.Modi 5.Ooty 6.Kerala 7.Marathi 8.Yamuna 9. Bapu
Q. II The words in bird 1 are collective nouns. They stand for collections of
person, animals or things given in bird 2. Match the words given in the
two birds and write them on the given blanks. One is done for you.
1. an army of soldiers
2. a herd of elephants
3. a bunch of bananas
4. a troupe of dancers
5. a school of fish
6. a flock of birds
7. a choir of singers
8. a pack of wolves
9. a class of students
Q. III Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the nouns given in the box:
1. During the break, there was not a single child in the class.
2. Two of his teeth have fallen out.
3. Mowgli grew up with a pack of wolves.
4. It is good habit to wash your feet when you reach home.
5. My grandmother’s cow recently gave birth to a calf.
6. The farmer has four oxen working in his fields.
7. I can see some big, juicy mangoes on the tree.
8. Can you name four big cities in India?
