Noun Part -2

1. Confusing Nouns

2. Noun Cases
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Wood Woods
Good Goods
Custom Customs
Ex:
1. The thief ran into the woods.
2. Custom duty is applied on foreign goods.
3. This table is made of wood.
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Content Contents
Word Words
Ex:
1. Contentment is happiness.
2. Write these words on your notebook.
3. He is a man of word.
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Man Idioms

Man of Word-
Man of Iron-
Man of Parts-
Man of Means-
Man of Letters-
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4. I am sure that (a)/ neither the house (b)/ nor its

contents (c)/ is for sale (d)/

5. He sent me word.

6. Yesterday I had a word with you.

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Part Parts
Air Airs
Ex:
7. He is a man of parts.

8. Change your airs.

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9. The dinosaurs couldn’t accustom (a)/ themselves

to the prevailing weather (b)/ and eventually got
extinct (c)/ No error (d)/
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Climate Weather

Climate- which exists for longer period of time

Weather- temporary atmospheric condition/ exists

for shorter period of time.
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10. I shall (a)/ surely attend (b)/ the marriage of

yours (c)/
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Marriage Wedding

11. His_____________ lasted for two years only.

a) Marriage

a) Wedding
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Marriage Wedding

Marriage – it is the name of relation.

Wedding- It is the name of venue

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Manner Manners

12. He has no good manner.

13. The old man walks in a lazy manner.

 NOUNS AND CASES

A noun has four cases.

(a)Nominative case / Subjective case:

When a noun is used as the subject , it is said to

be the nominative case.
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Ex:

a) Mohan did the work.

b) Honesty is the best policy
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(b) Objective case -: When a noun is used as the

object, it is said to be in objective case.

Ex –
(a) I helped Rita in her work.
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(c) Possessive case -: When a noun denotes

ownership, possession, it is said to be in possessive
case.

Ex-

(a) This is Rohit ’s book

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(d) Vocative case -: When a noun is used to address

or name a person or a thing, it is said to be in
vocative case.
Ex-
a) Reema, do the work.
b) Reema did the work.
c) Come here Rohan.
d) Reema, wait for me.
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Use of Apostrophe(’s)
Some important points about the use of
apostrophe(’s)

1) An apostrophe is always used with possessive case to

denote ownership possession orgin etc.)
(’s) – living things
(’) – Non-living things - Unique
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Use of Apostrophe(’s)
Ex -:

a) The dramas of Shakespeare are very interesting.

b) Shakespeare’s dramas are very interesting.
c) The earth’s gravity.
d) The gravity of the earth.
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1. With time denoting nouns.

A Moment’s delay, A week’s leave, A Month’s

vacation/ absence etc.
2. When non living thing is presented as living:

Fortune’s favourite
Death’s icy hand
3. With mankind/ animals.

Man’s life
Ram’s wife
Dog’s kennel
Cow’s tail
4. With weight denoting nouns

A ton’s weight
A gram’s weight

Example:
A ton’s weight (a)/ is too heavy for (b)/ anyone to
(c)/ carry on his head (d)/ No error (e)/
5. With space denoting nouns.

A needle’s point
A boat’s length
A razor’s edge
6. With some dignified natural objects.

The earth’s surface/ gravity/ area/creatures

The sun’s rays.
Heaven’s will.
The heart’s content
7. When two repeated nouns are used then we
don’t use ‘s

Ram’s wife’s career

Career of Ram’s wife
8. With some special situations.

The ship’s
The train’s arrival/ departure
The plane’s
A boat’s crew
9. With compound nouns ending word

His son-in- law’s appointment.

This is my brother-in- law’s car.
The Government of India’s orders.
10. With noun in apposition we use ‘s

Rakesh my friend’s father

My friend Rajiv’s father
11. With indefinite pronouns we use ’s

Anybody/Somebody/Nobody/ Everybody/ Anyone/

Someone/ No one/ Everyone etc.

Example:
Everybody’s business is nobody’s business.
12. When else is used with indefinite pronouns
then we don’t use ’s with indefinite pronouns

Example:

I don’t think (a)/ it is your house (b)/ it is

somebody’s else (c)/ No error (d)/

I like your decision and not anybody else’s.

14. With reciprocal pronouns each other and
one another.

We should respect one another’s ideas.

Rahul and Rohan like each other’s opinions.

4. All his sister-in-law (a)/ have been invited to
the party. (b)/ No error (c)
6. An earthquake (a)/ is a natural phenomena (b)/
and it is very difficult (c)/ to get control over it
(d)/
7. The manager put forward a number of
criterions for the post.
8. He was advised (a)/ to take two spoonsful (b)/
medicine once a day (c)/ No error (d)
9. All the girls students (a)/ are advised to (b)/
attend the meeting positively. (c)/ No error (d)
10. Commander-in-chiefs (a)/ are among those
who have to perform (b)/ their work watchfully
(c)/ No error (d)
11. She was glaring (a)/ at all the passer-bys who
(b)/ were crossing through that way near the
railway station (c)/ No error (d)
 Plural of Compound Nouns

Noun +Noun- Class room

Adjective+ Noun- Chief Minister
Verb+ Noun- Swimming pool
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Note: In this case we make plural of the main

word

Mother- in- law-

In law-
 Plural of Compound Nouns

Note: In this case we make plural main word

Passer by-

On looker-

Maid servant-
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Note: In this case we make plural main word

Step son-

Book fair-

Man servant-
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Woman servant-

Spoonful-

Spoon-
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Haves and haves not-

Haves and have nots-