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Question
Read the following paragraph and pick out the different types of nouns and put them in the table.
Hobby is an activity that we enjoy doing in our free time. It keeps us busy in our leisure time. People choose their hobbies on the basis of their interests and personality. Do you know what Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s hobby was?
| Proper Noun | Common Noun | Collective Noun | Abstract Noun |
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Solution
| Proper Noun | Common Noun | Collective Noun | Abstract Noun |
| Abdul Kalam | Hobby | People | busy |
| Activity | interest | ||
| personality | |||
| leisure |
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