Question

Identify the noun :
Let’s get rid of the unwanted equipment.
a) Get rid of
b) Unwanted
c) Let’s
d) Equipment

Answer 1

Hint: Noun is the name of a person, place, or thing. It is a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things (common nouns), or to name particularly one of these (proper nouns).

Complete answer:
A noun is a word that functions as the name of the specific object or set of objects, such as living creatures, places, actions, quality, states of existence, or ideas. For example The cat sat on the chair. Here, the word “cat” and “chair” are nouns. In the question given above, we have to identify the noun.
Now, let us examine all the given options so that we can find out the correct answer :
Option ‘a’ is get rid of. It is the subject part of speech in the given sentence and cannot be the correct answer. It is not the “noun” here.
Option ‘b’ is unwanted. It means (something) which is not in use anymore or not wanted by anyone. It is also not the noun but the adjective of the given sentence. So, this option is also incorrect.
Option ‘c’ Let's. It is a contraction and not a noun. It means “let us”. This is also an incorrect option.
Option ‘d’ is equipment. It means- The necessary items for a particular purpose. This is a noun. It is the only word in the given sentence which is a noun.
As we have analyzed all the given options, we can easily find out the correct answer. Here, in the given sentence- “Let's get rid of the unwanted equipment”, the noun is “equipment”. Hence, the correct answer is option ‘d’, equipment.

Note: A noun can co-occur with an article or an attributive adjective, whereas verbs and adjectives cannot. Here, all the other options do not specify the name of any person, place, or thing other than “equipment”.