Read the following sentences.<\/p>\n
He bought a new bag.<\/strong><\/p>\n He bagged<\/strong> the first prize<\/p>\n In the first sentence ‘bag’ is used as a noun whereas in the second it is used as a verb. To bag is to get something before other people do or to win a prize.<\/p>\n Use each of the following words in sentences of your own as a noun and as a verb.<\/p>\n a. water<\/p>\n b. pen<\/p>\n c. pocket<\/p>\n d. tax<\/p>\n e. show<\/p>\n f. care<\/p>\n Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n We cannot survive without water. (In this sentence, the word water is used as a noun)<\/p>\n Should I water the plants? (In this sentence the word \u2018water\u2019 is used as a verb.)<\/p>\n Have you got a pen? (Here the word \u2018pen\u2019 is used as a noun.)<\/p>\n This is the house where Anne Frank penned her famous diaries.<\/p>\n After retiring from the army, the General penned a service diary.<\/p>\n He put the money in his pocket. (Here the word pocket is used as a noun.)<\/p>\n There is a hole in my pocket. (Noun)<\/p>\n When nobody was looking, he pocketed the mobile phone found lying on the bench.<\/p>\n To pocket is to put something in your pocket to steal it.<\/p>\n She owns tens of thousands of rupees in unpaid tax.<\/p>\n The children taxed her patience by asking the same questions again and again.<\/p>\n To tax someone is to make things difficult for them.<\/p>\n Her role was small but she delivered a fantastic performance and stole the show.<\/p>\n I have bought tickets for the show.<\/p>\n She likes to show off her wealth.<\/p>\n It is evident that a lot of care has gone into his work.<\/p>\n Precious glassware must be handled with proper care.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t care about your opinion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Read the following sentences. He bought a new bag. He bagged the first prize In the first sentence ‘bag’ is used as a noun whereas in the second it is used as a verb....<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[42],"class_list":["post-168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kerala-syllabus-english","tag-sslc-english-kerala-syllabus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Water as a noun<\/h3>\n
Water as a verb<\/h3>\n
Pen as a noun<\/h3>\n
Pen as a verb<\/h3>\n
Pocket as a noun<\/h3>\n
Pocket as a verb<\/h3>\n
Tax as a noun<\/h3>\n
Tax as a verb<\/h3>\n
Show as a noun<\/h3>\n
Show as a verb<\/h3>\n
Care as a noun<\/h3>\n
Care as a verb<\/h3>\n