Question

Identify the noun:
Please help yourself to the drinks.

a) Please
b) yourself
c) drinks
d) to

Answer 1

Hint: A noun is a naming word. There are mainly two types of nouns which are common nouns and proper nouns. Common nouns are all the objects around us such as curtains, bedsheet, cat, dog, etc. Proper nouns are special names of things such as the Taj Mahal, the White House, etc.

Complete answer:

In the given sentence, the common noun is ‘drinks’. It can be any type of drink. It has not been mentioned what type of drink it is or if it is from some special brand. Therefore, the answer is option c.
Option a is wrong because ‘Please’ is a word signifying request. It is an adverb. For example, ‘Please give me some money’ or ‘May I please go to the washroom?’.
Option b, that is, ‘yourself’ is a pronoun. Though it is a noun, the given question is talking about identifying a common noun. Other examples of pronouns are I, him, her, she, they, etc.
Option d is a preposition. It links sentences together. ‘I have to go to the market today’ is an example of the usage of ‘to’. It is not a noun.

Note: Though a pronoun is a form of the noun, the question implies a common noun. If the question would have asked us to identify the pronoun, the word ‘pronoun’ would have been mentioned in the question.