1. Bulgaria, London, the Danube, the White House, Alfred,
Types of Nouns
Common Proper
Bulgaria, London, the Danube, the White House, Alfred,
Dickens, Thursday
Countable Uncountable
Concrete Abstract Concrete Abstract
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2. Types of Nouns: Exercise
Define the type of nouns in the following sentences:
1. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
2. In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
3. All children, except one, grow up.
4. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness [...]
5. Call me Ishmael.
* These are the famous opening sentences of five famous novels.
Can you name the authors and the titles of the novels?
Moby Dick (Herman Melville, 1851)
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens, 1859)
The Adventures of Peter Pan (J. M. Barrie, 1911)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925
1984 (George Orwell, 1949)