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CBSE · Class 5 · English

Nouns and Pronouns

Standard difficulty · 20 questions · 40 marks

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Write full answers in Sections B and C. Answers are on the last page — try every question first!

Section A — Choose the correct answer8 × 1 = 8 marks
1.
Which word is a proper noun (the name of a particular person, place, day or month)?
  1. teacher
  2. country
  3. friend
  4. Bhopal
2.
What is the plural of “goose”?
  1. gooseen
  2. geeses
  3. geese
  4. goose
3.
What is the plural of “day”?
  1. dayen
  2. daies
  3. dayes
  4. days
4.
Choose the masculine (male) form of “hostess”.
  1. host
  2. tiger
  3. king
  4. grandfather
5.
Choose the right pronoun: Kabir is my friend. ____ likes to play football.
  1. He
  2. They
  3. She
  4. It
6.
Choose the right pronoun: Tara and Neha are in my class. I often visit ____ after school.
  1. we
  2. they
  3. them
  4. their
7.
Fill in the group word: a ____ of bees
  1. bouquet
  2. fleet
  3. bunch
  4. swarm
8.
Choose the right word: The children have lost ____ blue cap.
  1. their
  2. theirs
  3. them
  4. themselves
Section B — Short answer8 × 2 = 16 marks
9.
Write the plural of each word: (a) butterfly (b) cherry (c) ox (d) pen
10.
Write the male word for each: (a) peahen (b) lioness
11.
Write the proper noun in this sentence: “My friend Sahil has a pet rabbit.”
12.
Which pronoun (he, she, it, we or they) can take the place of each? (a) Riya and I (b) the boys (c) Zoya (d) my mother
13.
Write the group word: (a) a ____ of wolves (b) a ____ of flowers
14.
Fill in the right pronoun: Zoya is my friend. Mother gave ____ a glass of milk.
15.
Write “common” or “proper” for each noun: (a) Ravi (b) Farhan (c) girl (d) park
16.
Write two sentences about your friend Nikhil. Use “he” in the second sentence.
Section C — Longer answers4 × 4 = 16 marks
17.
Fill in each blank with the plural of the word in brackets:
(1) The ____ are playing in the garden. (child)
(2) The farmer has twenty ____. (sheep)
(3) My ____ are cold in winter. (foot)
(4) The ____ are full of books. (shelf)
18.
Rewrite the passage using pronouns in place of the repeated naming words: “Nikhil has a rabbit. Nikhil feeds the rabbit every morning. The rabbit loves Nikhil. Nikhil and his sister take the rabbit to the park.”
19.
Write the opposite gender of each word: (a) grandfather (b) wife (c) queen (d) nephew
20.
Write a paragraph of five or six sentences about your little brother or sister. Use at least three pronouns (he, she, it, we, they, him, her, them).
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Nouns and Pronouns · AW-5E-NPR-2026-V1 · For parents — fold back or tear off before handing the sheet to your child.

QAnswerWorking
1(d) Bhopala proper noun names one particular person, place or thing and begins with a capital letter
2(c) geesegoose → geese is a special plural
3(d) daysadd -s
4(a) hosthost – hostess
5(a) HeKabir is a boy, so we use “he”
6(c) them“them” is used after a verb or a word like “with”, for more than one person
7(d) swarma swarm of bees
8(a) their“their” comes before a naming word
9(a) butterflies; (b) cherries; (c) oxen; (d) pensbutterfly → butterflies; cherry → cherries; ox → oxen; pen → pens
10(a) peacock; (b) lionpeacock – peahen; lion – lioness
11Sahila proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, day, month or country
12(a) we; (b) they; (c) she; (d) shehe for a boy or man, she for a girl or woman, it for a thing, we for yourself with others, they for more than one
13(a) pack; (b) bouqueta pack of wolves; a bouquet of flowers
14her“her” is used after a verb or a word like “with”
15(a) proper; (b) proper; (c) common; (d) commonproper nouns are particular names and begin with a capital letter
16e.g. Nikhil is my best friend. He lives near my house.Use “he” in place of the name.
17(1) children; (2) sheep; (3) feet; (4) shelveschild → children; sheep → sheep; foot → feet; shelf → shelves
18Nikhil has a rabbit. He feeds it every morning. It loves him. He and his sister take it to the park.he/she for the child, it for the pet, him/her after a verb
19(a) grandmother; (b) husband; (c) king; (d) niecegrandfather – grandmother; husband – wife; king – queen; nephew – niece
20e.g. My little sister is four years old. She has curly hair. She loves her red ball. She follows me everywhere. I read stories to her at night. She makes us all laugh.Correct sentences with at least three pronouns used correctly.