Animate and Inanimate nouns

An animate noun is a noun that refers to things that are alive such as people, animals, and other living things.

Example: - trees, deer, squirrel, flower, boy, girl, dog, cat, lion, man.

An inanimate noun is a noun that refers to something that is not living.

Example: -  paper, bed, dress, computer, phone, table, chair, house, car.

Possessive form of Inanimate noun

Inanimate nouns are not typically found in possessive form by adding an apostrophe and “s”. However, there are a few exceptions, such as “yesterday’s news”.

Example: -  The bike’s engine. => This is wrong

                  The bike engine. => This is correct

          Exercise-xxx

A.  State the animate and inanimate nouns in the following sentences. First one is done for you.

1.    Ravi didn’t go to school yesterday.

Animate noun => Ravi

Inanimate noun => school, yesterday

2.    The car has four wheels.

3.    The match was tied due to the heavy rain.

4.    That garden has several roses,

5.    The teacher punished the student for late.

6.    The project was finished on march.

7.    The engineer sketched the house plan.

8.    The amount of money stole by the group of thieves.

9.    The doctor checks the patient.

10.  Several houses damaged through the flood.

11.  The new admissions are opened now in university of Moratuwa.

B.  State the following sentence True or False. (You have to check the possessive)

First one is done for you.

1.    The car’s side mirror glass was broken. (False)

2.    Srilanka won the yesterday’s match. ()

3.    The exam’s result was released. ()

4.    I lost my house’s key. ()

5.    My cousin’s father was died. ()

6.    Maithiripala will visit Kandy in his tomorrow’s event. ()

         
          Answer-xxx

A.   

2.    Inanimate nouns=> car, wheels

3.    Inanimate nouns=> match, rain

4.    Animate noun => roses

Inanimate noun=> garden

5.    Animate nouns => Teacher, student

6.    Inanimate nouns=> project, march

7.    Animate noun => engineer

Inanimate noun=> plan

8.    Animate noun=> the group of thieves

Inanimate noun => The amount of money

9.    Animate nouns=> doctor, patient

10.  Inanimate nouns=> houses, flood

11.  Inanimate nouns=> admissions, university of Moratuwa

B.   

2.    True

3.    False

4.    False

5.    True

6.    True