Nouns — Important Questions

agreement

Step 1: Abstract nouns are often formed from other words using suffixes like -ment, -dom, -ity, -th, -ness. Step 2: The word 'agree' is a verb. To make it an abstract noun, we add a suffix. Step 3: The suffix '-ment' is added to many verbs to form abstract nouns: agree → agreement, treat → treatment, pay → payment. Step 4: 'Agreedom', 'agreeth', and 'agreeity' are not real English words. Step 5: Therefore, 'agreement' is the correct abstract noun, and it names the idea or state of two or more people coming to the same decision.

army

Step 1: The textbook clearly states that 'Collective nouns are a particular kind of common nouns.' Step 2: A common noun gives a common name to a group of similar things. 'Army' is a common name (not specific to one army, like 'the Indian Army'). Step 3: 'Army' is also a collective noun because it represents a group of soldiers taken together as one whole. Step 4: 'Soldiers' is only a common noun (plural of soldier) — it is not collective because it refers to individual persons, not a group with a special collective name. Step 5: 'Bravely' is an adverb, and 'marched' is a verb — neither is a n

She treasured the sweet memories of her school days.

Step 1: The textbook notes that abstract nouns are usually used in singular, but sometimes they can be plural too — examples given include pleasures, memories, experiences. Step 2: 'Memories' is the plural of 'memory', which is an abstract noun (a feeling or mental state). This is an accepted plural form mentioned in the chapter. Step 3: 'Honesties' is not a grammatically accepted plural — honesty is always used in the singular. Step 4: 'Freedoms' can sometimes be used in a political context, but 'knowledges' is never grammatically correct in English. Step 5: Therefore, 'memories' in option A

Both are abstract nouns because they are ideas that cannot be seen or touched.

Step 1: To identify the noun type, we ask: Can we touch or see it? Is it a special name? Does it name a group? Step 2: 'Truth' is a quality or value — something we understand in our minds but cannot physically touch or see. It is an abstract noun. Step 3: 'Non-violence' is also an idea or principle — it represents the concept of not using violence. It cannot be touched or seen. Step 4: Neither word is a special name (proper noun) or names a group (collective noun). They are not common nouns for physical things. Step 5: Both are clearly abstract nouns as they name ideas/values that exist only i