Question

Identify the noun:

You have several subjects to study in the class.
This question has multiple correct options
a) Several
b) Subjects
c) Class
d) Study

Answer 1

Hint:Nouns usually answer the ‘wh’ type questions formed from a sentence. Moreover, a noun can also be identified by checking where the adjective is placed in a sentence.

Complete answer:
Since we know that Nouns are words that name people, things, places, animals, etc, we need to find word/words belonging to any of these categories.
Now let us go through all the options given to us, one by one.
Option ‘a’, 'Several' is a determiner that indicates a non-specific number 'not two but more than many'. As it is not a noun, this alternative is incorrect.
Option b, subjects is a common noun, it means a ‘branch of knowledge’. Taking the hint given, we can check that this option is answering a ‘wh’ type question: What do you have to study in class? To which the answer would be ‘subjects’
Now, moving on to option c, we know that ‘class’ is a collective noun, plus it answers the question: ‘where do you go to study several subjects?’, whose answer is ‘in class’.
Lastly, option d, study, is a verb, with the context of this sentence, although it is often used as a noun too, but not in this sentence. Hence option d is also incorrect.
So, with the above explanation, we can deduce that option b and option c are the correct answers.

Note:
there is a lot of confusion amongst students regarding the term study, if it is a noun or a word, what you need to remember is that a word’s placement in a sentence determines how it is being used.