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ASSIGNMENT

            A. Identify and underline abstract nouns in the following sentences.
            1. Everything is fair in love and war.

            2. Only girlhood was happy phase of her life.
            3. He was very sad in his childhood.
            4. Poverty didn’t stop him from studying further.

            5. Happiness comes from only loving people.

            6. It is her nature to keep silent all the times.
            7. The length of this road is only 50 kilometers.





             NOTES
             Abstract nouns refer to ideas and qualities that we cannot touch.


                   kindness           sour              pain               happiness


             There are two types of abstract nouns.
             Attributive nouns name qualities, characteristics or attributes. Such
             nouns are formed from adjectives and common nouns.



                   Adjectives Î Abstract Nouns Common Nouns Î Abstract Nouns
                   poor Î poverty                      scholar Î scholarship


             Verbal nouns are formed from verbs.


                   Verbs Î Abstract Nouns              Verbs Î Abstract Nouns
                   fly Î flight                          decide Î decision
                   examine Î examination               argue Î argument













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