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Naming Words (Nouns)

Class 2

🎯 Learning Objectives

Students will understand what a naming word (noun) is.
Students will identify naming words for persons, places, animals, and things.
Students will find naming words in simple sentences.
Students will use naming words from Indian daily life.

📖 Let Us Begin!

Look at the things around you. You can see a book, a chair, and a bag. You know your teacher and your friends. You live in a house in a city. All these words — book, chair, teacher, house — are naming words. We call them nouns!

Examples of naming words showing persons, places, animals, and things

What Is a Naming Word?

A naming word is a word that gives a name to a person, place, animal, or thing.

Person: Ravi, Meena, mother, teacher, doctor, farmer, policeman

Place: school, market, park, Delhi, temple, hospital, library

Animal: cow, dog, parrot, elephant, fish, tiger, butterfly

Thing: book, pencil, roti, ball, mango, chair, clock

Think: Can you name three things you see in your classroom right now?

Naming Words in Sentences

Sentence	Naming Words
Ravi eats a mango.	Ravi, mango
The cow is in the field.	cow, field
Meena goes to school.	Meena, school
The dog has a ball.	dog, ball
Sita lives in Delhi.	Sita, Delhi
The teacher reads a book.	teacher, book
Arjun plays in the park.	Arjun, park

Naming Words from Indian Daily Life

Person	Place	Animal	Thing
Arjun	temple	cow	roti
mother	market	parrot	diya
teacher	school	elephant	book
farmer	village	buffalo	pot
doctor	hospital	peacock	mango
policeman	Delhi	tiger	cricket bat

Types of Naming Words

Type	What It Names	Examples
Common Noun	Any person, place, animal, or thing	boy, city, dog, book
Proper Noun	A special name (starts with capital letter)	Ravi, Delhi, Ganga, Diwali

Remember!

Common nouns: boy, river, festival. Proper nouns: Arjun, Ganga, Diwali. Proper nouns always start with a capital letter.

📝 Key Words

Word	Meaning
Naming word	A word that names a person, place, animal, or thing
Noun	Another name for a naming word
Person	A human being (Ravi, mother, teacher)
Place	A location (school, park, Delhi)
Thing	An object we can see or touch (book, ball, mango)
Common noun	A general name (boy, city, dog)
Proper noun	A special name with capital letter (Ravi, Delhi)

⭐ Key Points to Remember

A naming word gives a name to a person, place, animal, or thing.
Naming words are also called nouns.
Every sentence has at least one naming word.
Names of people and places start with a capital letter (proper nouns).
Examples: Ravi, school, cow, mango are all naming words.

✏️ Practice Questions

A. Fill in the Blanks

1. A word that names a person, place, animal, or thing is called a .

2. In the sentence "Meena has a book", the naming words are Meena and .

3. "School" is a naming word for a .

4. "Cow" is a naming word for an .

5. Naming words are also called .

B. Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a naming word for a place?

(a) run(b) park(c) big(d) happy

2. Which word is a naming word for a person?

(a) mango(b) school(c) Arjun(d) jump

3. Find the naming word: "The dog runs fast."

(a) runs(b) fast(c) dog(d) the

4. Which is a proper noun?

(a) city(b) Delhi(c) river(d) boy

5. Which word is NOT a naming word?

(a) pencil(b) Meena(c) run(d) temple

C. Short Answer Questions

1. Write two naming words for each: a person, a place, an animal, a thing.

2. Find the naming words in this sentence: "Sita and Ravi play in the park."

3. Write a sentence using the naming word "mango".

D. True or False

1. A naming word gives a name to a person, place, animal, or thing.

2. "Run" is a naming word.

3. Proper nouns start with a capital letter.

4. "Delhi" is a common noun.

5. Every sentence has at least one naming word.

E. Match the Following

Naming Word	Type
1. Ravi	a. Animal
2. school	b. Person
3. parrot	c. Thing
4. pencil	d. Place
5. Delhi	e. Place (proper noun)

🎨 Fun Activity — Name It!

Sort these words into the correct column: Ravi, temple, parrot, pencil, Meena, market, elephant, roti, Delhi, teacher

Person	Place	Animal	Thing

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🎯 Learning Objectives

Students will understand what a naming word (noun) is.
Students will identify naming words for persons, places, animals, and things.
Students will find naming words in simple sentences.
Students will use naming words from Indian daily life.

📖 Let Us Begin!

What Is a Naming Word?

A naming word is a word that gives a name to a person, place, animal, or thing.

Person: Ravi, Meena, mother, teacher, doctor, farmer, policeman

Place: school, market, park, Delhi, temple, hospital, library

Animal: cow, dog, parrot, elephant, fish, tiger, butterfly

Thing: book, pencil, roti, ball, mango, chair, clock

Think: Can you name three things you see in your classroom right now?

Naming Words in Sentences

Sentence	Naming Words
Ravi eats a mango.	Ravi, mango
The cow is in the field.	cow, field
Meena goes to school.	Meena, school
The dog has a ball.	dog, ball
Sita lives in Delhi.	Sita, Delhi
The teacher reads a book.	teacher, book
Arjun plays in the park.	Arjun, park

Naming Words from Indian Daily Life

Person	Place	Animal	Thing
Arjun	temple	cow	roti
mother	market	parrot	diya
teacher	school	elephant	book
farmer	village	buffalo	pot
doctor	hospital	peacock	mango
policeman	Delhi	tiger	cricket bat

Types of Naming Words

Type	What It Names	Examples
Common Noun	Any person, place, animal, or thing	boy, city, dog, book
Proper Noun	A special name (starts with capital letter)	Ravi, Delhi, Ganga, Diwali

Remember!

Common nouns: boy, river, festival. Proper nouns: Arjun, Ganga, Diwali. Proper nouns always start with a capital letter.

📝 Key Words

Word	Meaning
Naming word	A word that names a person, place, animal, or thing
Noun	Another name for a naming word
Common noun	A general name (boy, city, dog)
Proper noun	A special name with capital letter (Ravi, Delhi)

⭐ Key Points to Remember

A naming word gives a name to a person, place, animal, or thing.
Naming words are also called nouns.
Every sentence has at least one naming word.
Names of people and places start with a capital letter (proper nouns).
Examples: Ravi, school, cow, mango are all naming words.

A. Fill in the Blanks

1. A word that names a person, place, animal, or thing is called a .

2. In the sentence "Meena has a book", the naming words are Meena and .

3. "School" is a naming word for a .

4. "Cow" is a naming word for an .

5. Naming words are also called .

B. Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a naming word for a place?

(a) run(b) park(c) big(d) happy

2. Which word is a naming word for a person?

(a) mango(b) school(c) Arjun(d) jump

3. Find the naming word: "The dog runs fast."

(a) runs(b) fast(c) dog(d) the

4. Which is a proper noun?

(a) city(b) Delhi(c) river(d) boy

5. Which word is NOT a naming word?

(a) pencil(b) Meena(c) run(d) temple

C. Short Answer Questions

1. Write two naming words for each: a person, a place, an animal, a thing.

2. Find the naming words in this sentence: "Sita and Ravi play in the park."

3. Write a sentence using the naming word "mango".

D. True or False

1. A naming word gives a name to a person, place, animal, or thing.

2. "Run" is a naming word.

3. Proper nouns start with a capital letter.

4. "Delhi" is a common noun.

5. Every sentence has at least one naming word.

E. Match the Following

Naming Word	Type
1. Ravi	a. Animal
2. school	b. Person
3. parrot	c. Thing
4. pencil	d. Place
5. Delhi	e. Place (proper noun)

🎨 Fun Activity — Name It!

Sort these words into the correct column: Ravi, temple, parrot, pencil, Meena, market, elephant, roti, Delhi, teacher

Person	Place	Animal	Thing

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Naming Words (Nouns)

🎯 Learning Objectives

📖 Let Us Begin!

What Is a Naming Word?

Naming Words in Sentences

Naming Words from Indian Daily Life

Types of Naming Words

📝 Key Words

✏️ Practice Questions

Naming Words (Nouns)

Naming Words (Nouns) — Practice