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Class IV English

PINOCCHIO / Use of Noun forms

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How long is the line?

The line is 10 cms long.

What is the length of the line?

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The length of the line is 10cms.

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The Taj Mahal appears very beautiful on a full moon night.

  • People from all over the world come to see its beauty

Beautiful beauty

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Akbar had a wise minister.His name was Birbal.

There are many stories about his wisdom.

Wise wisdom

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We must find ways to stop this cruelty

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Mother Theresa was a very kind person.

She showed a lot of kindness to the people who lived in the streets

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This man wants to make the secret public.

So he is using a loud speaker to give it wide publicity

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Helen Keller was blind.

Her blindness did not prevent her from travelling around the world and writing many books.

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Now compare the sentences

  • The length of the line is 10 cms.
  • People from all over come to see its beauty.
  • There are many stories about his wisdom.
  • We must find ways to stop this cruelty

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  • The colour of this line is blue
  • People from all over come to see its marbles.
  • There are many stories about his turban.
  • We must find ways to stop these people.

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Noun forms

  • We find that the words length,beauty,wisdom,cruelty,kindness,
  • blindness etc do the function of naming words or nouns in these sentences.
  • So they are called the noun forms of the words.