Question

Point out the nouns in the following sentence, and say whether they are Common, Proper, Collective or Abstract:

The class is studying grammar.

• A. class - Collective; grammar - Abstract
• B. class - Common; studying - Common
• C. studying - Common; grammar - Proper
• D. class - Common; grammar - Abstract

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

class - Collective; grammar - Abstract

The name given to a quality, action or state considered apart from the object to which it belongs, is an abstract noun. The name given to a collection of persons or things taken together and spoken of as one whole is a collective noun.

Class is a collective noun as it addresses a group of students, and grammar is an abstract noun as it describes the subject the students are studying.