Grade 4

ENGLISH STUDIES
CLASS: GRADE 4
DATE:   4/5/20

Types of noun.

There are three (3) basic types of nouns. They are:-
Proper nouns, common nouns and collective nouns.

A proper noun is a particular name given to a person, place or thing. In other words, it a SPECIFIC name given to an entity. e.g
1. Ifeoma is my friend.
2.Mr. Agu is my Mathematics teacher.
3. Nneka was the only one in the hall.
4. I bought the juice for Amara.
5. He promised to take us to Bar Beach.

Note: All the names of the the days of the week, the months of the year, Rivers oceans, hills, mountains are proper nouns and they begin with capital letters no matter their position in a sentence.

Common nouns
A common noun is a GENERAL name given to members of a category. ie it names people or things in general.

1.My mother is a nurse.
2. The doctors just left.
3. What's keeping the chef?
4. The car is parked outside the compound.

Collective noun
A collective noun is a name that group common nouns of the same class. eg.
Flock of sheep
Fleet of cars
Galaxy of stars
Bevy of ladies
Board of directors/governors
Forest of trees


Clara O
Assignment 👇

Group the following nouns according to their types

Colony, Unique Kids Academy, Rita, book, country, torch, library, gang, staff, November

Grade 4
4/5/20
Vocabulary

Homes of animals

Animal                                Home
Ant                                        hill
Horse                                    stable
Bear/lion                               den
Bee                                         hive
Bird                                        nest


Assignment 👇

Where do the following animals live?

Snake, cow, goat, pig, spider,termite,fox,dog, rabbit.


New words.
Study the words below and make a sentence with each of them.

Lament, agony, commuter, emerge, gridlock


Clara O
Good luck