A word used as a name is called a noun.
EXERCISE I.
Name the nouns in the following sentences:—
| 1. | There are seven provinces in Canada. | |
| 2. | Then the fly lit his lamp of fire. | |
| 3. | The bloom of that fair face is wasted. | |
| 4. | The boy stood on the burning deck. | |
| 5. | And then my heart with pleasure fills, | |
| And dances with the daffodils. | ||
| 6. | He goes on Sunday to the church | |
| And sits among his boys. | ||
| 7. | I hear in the chamber above me | |
| The patter of little feet, | ||
| The sound of a door that is opened, | ||
| And voices soft and sweet. | ||
| 8. | A violet by a mossy stone, | |
| Half hidden from the eye! | ||
| Fair as a star, when only one | ||
| Is shining in the sky. |
EXERCISE II.
Write sentences containing—
| 1. | The name of a place. | |
| 2. | The name of a person. | |
| 3. | The name of a tree. | |
| 4. | The name of a metal. | |
| 5. | The name of an article of food. | |
| 6. | The name of an animal. | |
| 7. | The name of a quality. | |
| 8. | The name of an action. |