CBSE Class 6 English Nouns

a, some or any

Question. We need ....... kilo of apples.
(a) a
(b) some
(c) any
Answer. A

Question. Have you got ....... water?
(a) a
(b) some
(c) any
Answer. C

Question. There's ....... newspaper on the table.
(a) a
(b) some
(c) any
Answer. A

Question. I've got ....... salad sandwiches for my lunch today.
(a) a
(b) some
(c) any
Answer. B

Question. I haven't got ....... tea. Can you go to the corner store and buy some more?
(a) a
(b) some
(c) any
Answer. C

Question. How about ....... cup of coffee?
(a) a
(b) some
(c) any
Answer. A

Question. There are ....... grapes in the fridge.
(a) a
(b) some
(c) any
Answer. B

Question. Is there ....... orange juice left in the fridge?
(a) a
(b) some
(c) any
Answer. C

Question. I need ....... money to go shopping.
(a) a
(b) any
(c) some
Answer. C

Question. We need to buy ....... bread rolls if you want to make hotdogs for your lunch.
(a) a
(b) some
(c) any
Answer. B

Question. Underline the proper nouns and circle the common nouns in the following sentences.

1. Latika is a good girl.
Answer. Latika is a good girl .

2. Sri Lanka is a country.
Answer. Sri Lanka is a country .

3. Avi lives in a big house.
Answer. Avi lives in a big house .

4. The Ganga is a river.
Answer. The ganga is a river .

5. My birthday is in March.
Answer. My birthday is in March.

6. Monday is the first day of the week.
Answer. Monday is the first day of the week .

7. Mrs Mina Kapoor is my class teacher.
Answer. Mrs Mina Kapoor is my class teacher .

8. Cindrella is a fairy tale.
Answer. Cindrella is a fairy tale .

9. Nonu, a monkey and Dodo, a donkey are good friends.
Answer. Nonu monkey and dodo donkey are good friends .

10. My mother’s name is Mrs Veena Gupta.
Answer. My mother’s name is Mrs Veena Gupta .

Question. Pick out the male and female words from the help box and put them under the correct headings.
peahen, father, nephew, aunt, sister,niece, uncle, tiger, drake, duck,daughter, peacock, brother, boy, lion,girl, son, lioness, tigress, mother
Answer. 
Male words : father, brother, drake, uncle, son,boy, lion, tiger, peacock, nephew
Female words : mother, sister, duck, aunt, daughter,girl, lioness, tigress, peahen, niece  

Question. Use the collective nouns given in the help box to denote the correct collection.

swarm, herd, bouquet, army, school,team, pile, bunch, pride, litter HHeellpp bbooxx

1. a ......................................... of lions
Answer. pride

2. a ......................................... of flowers
Answer. bouquet

3. a ......................................... of soldiers
Answer. army

4. a ......................................... of bees
Answer. swarm

5. a ......................................... of banana/keys
Answer. bunch

6. a ......................................... of players
Answer. team

7. a ......................................... of cows
Answer. herd

8. a ......................................... of kittens
Answer. litter

9. a ......................................... of fish
Answer. school

10. a ......................................... of books
Answer. pile

Superparents

Superman (Clark Kent) was born on Krypton. His adoptive Earth parents were Martha and Jonathan Kent. What were the names of his real parents?
To answer the question, match each singular noun with its singular possessive or plural possessive form. Write the letter of each answer in the space above the number of the singular noun at the bottom of the page. You will need to divide the letters into words.

Question. reporter (singular possessive)
A. reporters’
B. reporters’s
C. reporter’s
Answer. C

Question. spaceship (singular possessive)
A. spaceship’s
B. spaceships’
C. spaceships’s
Answer. A

Question. Clark (singular possessive)
A. Clarks’
B. Clarkes’
C. Clark’s
Answer. C

Question. planet (plural possessive)
A. planet’s
B. planets’
C. planetes’
Answer. B

Question. farm (singular possessive)
A. farms’
B. farms’s
C. farm’s
Answer. C

Question. truth (plural possessive)
A. truth’s
B. truths’
C. truthes’
Answer. B

Question. friend (plural possessive)
A. friendes’
B. friend’s
C. friends’
Answer. C

Question. villain (singular possessive)
A. villains’
B. villain’s
C. villaines’
Answer. B

Question. child (plural possessive)
A. childrens’
B. children’s
C. child’s
Answer. B

Question. city (plural possessive)
A. cities’s
B. city’s
C. cities’
Answer. C

Question. Lois (singular possessive)
A. Lois’
B. Loises’
C. Loisies’
Answer. A

Question. hero (plural possessive)
A. hero’s
B. heroes’
C. heros’
Answer. B 

Great Organization

In 1881, Clara Barton founded an organization that has since helped millions of people. What organization did she start?
To answer the question, fi nd the two correct possessive forms of nouns in each line. These two nouns may both be singular or plural, or they may be asingular noun and a plural noun. Starting with the fi rst letter of your answers,write the letters in order in the spaces at the bottom of the page. When you are done, reverse and divide the letters into words.

1.
A. canyons’s
B. students’
C. mens’
D. family’s
Answer. B,D

2.
A. people’s
B. wifes’
C. coachs’
D. tourists’
Answer. A,D

3.
A. museum’s
B. children’s
C. deers’
D. turkies’
Answer. A,B

4.
A. passengers’
B. countrys’
C. babys’
D. diplomat’s
Answer. A,R

5.
A. wolve’s
B. continent’s
C. Lisa’s
D. citys’
Answer. B,C

6.
A. foxes’
B. womans’
C. bridge’s
D. towns’s
Answer. A,C

7.
A. walruses’s
B. thieve’s
C. storm’s
D. schools’
Answer. C,E

8.
A. offi cers’
B. dentists’s
C. champion’s
D. classes’s
Answer. A,C 

Final Frontier

On May 5, 1961, this man became the first American to fl y into space.
Although the fl ight lasted only fi fteen minutes, it began the manned space program for the United States. Who was this astronaut?
To answer the question, fi nd the singular or plural possessive noun in each sentence below. Decide whether the possessive noun is used correctly. If it is correct, write the letter for “correct” in the space above its sentence number at the bottom of the page. If it is incorrect, write the letter for “incorrect.” You will need to divide the letters into words.

Question. Jason’s group presented an oral report to the class about the space program.
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
Answer. A

Question. The dream of space fl ight has excited people’s imaginations for thousands of years.
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
Answer. A

Question. Each of the groupes’ members presented a part of the report.
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
Answer. B

Question. A rocket’s powerful engines are needed to lift spacecraft into orbit.
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
Answer. A

Question. The astronauts’s training is long and diffi cult.
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
Answer. B

Question. Danielle’s portion of the report focused on the Apollo moon landings.
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
Answer. A

Question. The Apollo missions have unlocked some of the moons’ secrets.
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
Answer. B

Question. The other students’ questions were thoughtful.
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
Answer. A

Question. The classes’s presentation about the space program was enjoyable and informative.
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
Answer. B 

Seventh Planet

Uranus was the first planet to be discovered with a telescope. Who discovered it?
To answer the question, read the article below and determine whether the underlined words are nouns. (Not all nouns in the article are underlined.)Starting with the fi rst sentence, write the letters beneath the nouns in order on the blanks at the bottom of the page. You will need to divide the letters into words.

Uranus, the seventh planet, was discovered in 1781 beyond the orbit of Saturn.
                     T             W                H                                                          I
Uranus is about four times as big as Earth and lies about 1.78 billion miles from the sun.
                 O                                        L                                                 L
It takes Uranus about eighty-four years to make a complete trip around the sun.
      M                                               I                           A
Although astronomers do not know much about the surface of the planet, they
   S                A                                   D                        M                   H
know that its atmosphere is made up mostly of hydrogen, helium, and methane.
  T                   E                                    H                              R
Through a telescope Uranus appears to be a bluish-green disk, but its color is not
                     S                         U                        G                C             M   H
due to any plant life or oceans. The average temperature on the planet is -350
  I                                     E                                  L
degrees Fahrenheit (-214 degrees Celsius). Uranus is a cold, inhospitable world.
                                                                                                    D 

Food for a Hearty Breakfast

Cereal is a popular breakfast food. Most cereal in the United States is produced in a Michigan city. What is the name of this city?
To answer the question, match the noun on the left with the most accurate label of its type on the right. Write the letter of each answer in the space above the noun’s number at the bottom of the page. You will need to divide the letters into words.

Noun Type

1. hawks              T. singular, common
2. Americans        E. plural, common
3. John’s              K. singular, proper
4. Marianna         R. plural, proper
5. cougar             C. plural, irregular
6. spectators        L. singular possessive
7. children’s         A. plural possessive
8. tomatoes         B. collective, common
9. fl ock
10. geese
11. village
Answer. 1. E 2. R 3. L 4. K 5. T 6. E 7. A 8. E 9. B 10. C 11. T

Walking on Four Feet

Animals such as dogs, horses, and elephants that walk on four feet belong to a special group. What is the name for animals that walk on four feet?To answer the question, complete each sentence below with the correct form of the noun. Choose your answers from the words that follow each sentence. Write the letter of each answer in the space above its sentence number at the bottom of the page.
To answer the question, complete each sentence below with the correct form of the noun. Choose your answers from the words that follow each sentence. Write the letter of each answer in the space above its sentence number at the bottom of the page.

Question.  _______________ organisms can be divided into fi ve major groups.
A. Earths
B. Earth’s
Answer. B

Question. Each major group, called a _______________ , contains millions of different organisms.
A. Kingdom
B. kingdom
Answer. B

Question. All _______________ belong to the Kingdom Animalia.
A. animals
B. animal
Answer. A

Question. This large group is broken down into several _______________ .
A. subgroupes
B. subgroups
Answer. B

Question. A _______________ is the smallest group of animals.
A. species
B. speci
Answer. A

Question. Some animals in _______________ are in danger of becoming extinct.
A. north America
B. North America
Answer. B

Question. When _______________ habitats are destroyed, the animals may have trouble surviving.
A. animals’
B. animal’s
Answer. A

Question. Environmentalists try to raise _______________ awareness of habitat destruction.
A. peoplies’
B. people’s
Answer. B 

Baseball Poem

In 1888, Ernest L. Thayer wrote a poem about baseball. What was the title of this poem?
To fi nd the answer to the question, decide whether each statement below is true or false. If a statement is true, write the letter for “true” in the space above its number at the bottom of the page. If a statement is false, write the letter for “false.” You will need to divide the letters into words.

Question. A singular noun names only one person, place, thing, or idea, but a plural noun names one, two, or more.
A. True
B. False
Answer. B

Question. Nouns may be common or proper.
A. True
B. False
Answer. A

Question. Possessive nouns show ownership.
A. True
B. False
Answer. A

Question. Only plural possessive nouns that do not end in -s require an apostrophe.
A. True
B. False
Answer. B

Question. An example of an irregular plural noun is “puppies.”
A. True
B. False
Answer. B

Question. A collective noun names a group, for example “audience.”
A. True
B. False
Answer. A

Question. A proper noun does not always have to be capitalized.
A. True
B. False
Answer. B

Question. The singular and plural forms for some irregular nouns are the same.
A. True
B. False
Answer. A

Q1) What is a Noun. What are its kinds?

Q2) Complete the following sentences with collective nouns:

1) A _______ of doves.

2) A _______ of rabbits.

3) A________ of mules.

4) A_________ of monkeys.

5) A__________ of People.

6) A__________ of Vessels.

7) A__________ of soldiers

8) A__________ of robbers

9) A _________of houses.

10) A________ of Wolves.

Q3) Complete the following sentences with abstract nouns:

1) We all love_________ (honest).

2) The soldiers were rewarded for their _________ (brave).

3) Without health there is no _________ (happy).

4) Solomon was famous for his_________ (wisdom).

5) Always speak the ________ (truth).

6) The result has caused much _________ (anxious).

7) The people spend much on ________ (educate).

8) Her _______ to his company is unquestionable (loyal).

9) They reached a _________ after an hour (decide).

10) __________ in any field is an achievement (perfect).

Q4) Imagine you have been selected as the student of the year in your school. You are extremely excited about your achievement. This has made you popular in the school. Write a diary entry expressing your feelings.