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1. 1.

   Give a proper noun for each of these common nouns.

   1. gentleman, lady, boy, girl = ____________, _____________, ____________, ____________
   2. movie hall, shopping mall = ____________, ____________
   3. mobile, watch, sunglasses = ____________, ____________, ____________
   4. shoes, handbag, lipstick = ____________, ____________, ____________
   5. restaurant, food, drink = ____________, ____________, ____________
2. 2.

   Where would we find the common nouns given in the box?

   Begin each answer with: We would find a ____________ in/on a ____________.

   hermit, orphan, pedestrian, judge, nurse, colonel, photographer, scientist, priest, plane

   1. orphanage
   2. court room
   3. hospital
   4. studio
   5. a mountain 'hill top
   6. pavement/footpath
   7. army
   8. laboratory
   9. church
   10. pilot
3. 3.

   Boat race is a noun + noun combination. Make sentences of your own with:

   1. sea coast
   2. dance drama
   3. rice field
   4. book worm
   5. army band
4. 4.

   You must have come across words and phrases which read the same forwards or backwards. Such words are called palindromes.

   Read the clues and write these palindromes. Have fun with nouns!

   1. _ O _      Where ever God cannot be, He sends her there.
   2. _ V _      Partner of Adam
   3. _ _ _ N    opposite of midnight
   4. KA _ _ _   a canoe made of wood
   5. _ _ _ A _  a word used to address a lady

   Go online and look for more such words.

5. 5.

   What does each of the following do? Choose and write your answers from the words given in the box.

   curator, florist, upholsterer, auctioneer, bursar, chairperson, conductor, chemist, coastguard, undertaker

   1. He alerts a lifeboat crew.
   2. He sells you flowers.
   3. He collects fares on a bus.
   4. He provides furniture with a soft padded covering.
   5. He prepares dead bodies for burial/cremation.
   6. He is incharge of a museum/art gallery.
   7. He collects fees from pupils in a school/college.
   8. He sells medicines and pills.
   9. He / She presides at a board meeting.
   10. He / She conducts sales and sells goods to the highest bidder.
6. 6.

   Pick out the abstract nouns in these sentences. Underline them.

   1. Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
   2. Health is wealth.
   3. Inside the cave was total darkness.
   4. The conjuror made the rabbits disappear by magic.
   5. He lost his parents in infancy.