HAZARA UNIVERSITY MANSEHRA
ASSIGNMENT. ENGLISH
SUBMITTED TO. SIR AHMAR SHARIFULLAH KHATAK
SUBMITTED BY. TAYYABA SHAH
ROLL NO. 402-2019
Department. BS 2nd Mathematics
EXERCISES 3
1Which of the following nouns are proper nouns and so
should be spelt with a capital letter?
lion. , child, Tuesday, book, October, castle, Venus
America, region, Mount everest, day,.
sunshine,.
Uncle william,. ocean, New york, city,
chapel,.
flower,. Oak,. Atlantic,. Queen elizabeth.
2 Which of the following are concrete nouns and which are
abstract nouns?
Concrete Noun:-
basket, tyre, , floor, mountain, grief, hut, ceiling, lamp,
computer
, dish, rug, dustbin, , plum, sofa, finger, tool, portrait
Abstract Noun:-
Hot , Sorrow, folly, sadness, grief, bliss, science , faith, gluttony,
depression, contentment, hatred, clarity, hospitality, enmity
3 Which of the following are countable nouns and which
are uncountable nouns?
Uncountable Noun
happiness, source, discretion, misery, information,
beach, luggage, inspiration, milk, music, poetry,
literature, , legislation, beauty, cookery, knowledge.
Countable Noun
Saucer, fence, lawn, cooker, bottle , forest , jewel, suitcase,
choir,
Beach. Easy . location. poem
4 Underline the words in the following sentences which are
verbal nouns:
Walking is excellent exercise.
Smoking can kill you.
She hates dancing.
He has taken up running.
She enjoys swimming.
5 What is the collective noun for a group of the following?
wolves, cattle, flies, lions, stars, herring, geese, sheep,
ships, whales.
a pack of wolves,
a herd of cattle,
a swarm of flies,
a pride of lions,
a constellation of stars,
a shoal of herring,
a flock of geese,
a flock of sheep,
a fleet of ships,
a school of whales.
6 Give the plural forms of the following words.
house Houses
table, Tables
friend, friends
dog, Dogs
road, roads
elephant, Elephants
umbrella, Umbrellas
banana, Bananas
taxi, Taxies
berry, Barries
bush, Bushes
march, Marches
variety, Variety
kiss, Kisses
lady, ladies
story, Stories
porch, Porches
child, Children
loaf, loaves
wolf, wolves
tooth teeth
, woman. women
7 Give the singular forms of the following words.
feet, foot
geese goose
, scarves, scraf
wives, wife
halves, Half
sheep, sheep
criteria, criterian
larvae, wife
phenomena, Phenomenon
bacteria, Bacterium
formulae, Formula
appendices. Appendix
8 Write down the words in the following list which are of
feminine gender.
nephew, town, widow, empress, car, bridegroom,
duchess
, road, drake , sister, desk, niece, duke,
waitress.
9.Write down the words in the following list that can be
of dual gender.
artist, egg, writer, shoe, widower, king, poet,
author,
doctor, letter, princess, teacher, newspaper, bride, drake,
parent, student, waitress, singer, athlete.
10 Give the plural forms of the following compound
nouns.
passer-by, Passers -by
swimming pool, Swimming pool
looker-on, lookers-on
coffee pot, Coffee pots
show-off, Show-offs
police station, Police stations
letter-box, letter- boxes
cover-up. Cover-ups
11 Underline the phrase in each of the following sentences
which is in apposition to a noun phrase.
The most important people involved, the pupils in the
school, have not been consulted at all.
My favourite house, the one we saw last, is far too
expensive for our budget.
Her cousin Mark, a senior partner in the firm, has just been
arrested for fraud.
The local beach, a favourite meeting-place for teenagers,
has been closed temporarily.
12 Write out those of the following sentences that contain a
personal pronoun used as the subject of a sentence,
underlining the relevant personal pronoun.
You must leave right away.
People simply don’t trust you.
She didn’t tell us what to do.
They nearly killed their victim.
You should have told the truth.
The police don’t believe you.
He was driving dangerously.
Her colleagues admire her.
A bunch of flowers will make her feel better.
We gave them invitations to the wedding.
13 Write out the following sentences filling in the blanks with
either me or I.
Jack asked ..I. to give you this.
Jane and …me are going on holiday together.
He is going to play chess against me….
Can Sue and …I come to the party?
Just ask for me… at the front desk.
There’s been trouble between my neighbours and me…
The students and I… welcome this opportunity to put our
point of view.
Just between you and me… I think he’s a bit crazy.
14 Write out any of the sentences below that contain a
reflexive pronoun used as an emphatic pronoun,
underlining the relevant emphatic pronouns.
The children themselves should choose a book to be read
aloud.
We hurt ourselves badly when falling off our skis.
We ourselves helped him as much as we could, but others
did nothing.
Doctors think that he harmed himself deliberately.
You yourselves will have to do the bulk of the work.
The child cut herself with her mother’s scissors.
The prime minister himself must take full responsibility for
the error of judgement.
The house itself is not very attractive, but it has a beautiful
garden.
15 Underline the words in the following sentences which are
demonstrative pronouns.
This is not the ring which I lost.
Let me have a look at those.
That is an attractive plant.
These are the most expensive cars in the saleroom.
Those are the members of the jury.
This is the bus you must take.
16 Underline the words in the following sentences which are
indefinite pronouns.
Nothing has been done to remedy the situation.
I didn’t see anything which I wanted to buy.
Something must be seriously wrong.
I didn’t recognize anyone in the crowd.
Nobody seems to know what happened.
Everyone was affected by the bad weather.
17 Underline the words in the following sentences which are
interrogative pronouns.
Who made this mess?
Why change jobs now?
Whose is the briefcase on the chair?
Which do you like best?
How does he do it?
Where has he gone to?
Whose bike did you borrow?
To whom did he apply for the job?
18 Underline the words in the following sentences which are
relative pronouns.
I think I know the man who did this.
There is the woman whose car was in the accident.
He doesn’t know who she is.
Here is the book which won first prize.
He walked so slowly that he was late.
The flat that we liked best had already been sold.
Who got the job is not yet known.
This is the employee to whom the threatening letter was
addressed.
It was her husband whom she blamed for the
disaster.
19 Underline the antecedent in each of the following
sentences.
Here are the keys which he lost.
That is the student who was accused of cheating.
The boy whose bike this is was injured in the
accident.
The newspaper that first published the story got the
facts wrong.
This is the address of the official to whom you
should apply.
