Noun
Noun- Noun is the name of a person, place or thing. It's a part of speech in
English.
1. The boy is jumping.
Boy is the name of a person.
2. The dog is barking.
Dog is the name of an animal.
3. That is a temple.
Examples of Nouns:
People – Rahul, Sheela, Man, Person, Tommy, Women, Girl, The Prime
Minister
Places – Bangalore, India, Mexico, North Pole, South Africa, The Nile
River, Classroom, Bedroom, Basketball Court, Cricket Ground,
Swimming Pool
Animals/Birds/Aquatic Animals/Reptiles – Lion, Zebra, Snake,
Ostrich, Flamingo, Bear, Cat, Fish, Shark
Ideas – Evolution, Invention, Extinction, Argument, Destruction
Objects/Things – Bat, Cycle, Curtains, Paper, Bag, Blackboard,
Cupboard
Types of Noun
Nouns can be broadly classified into:
1. Proper Noun: Nouns that are used to name a person, place or thing
specifically are called a proper noun. Proper nouns always begin with a capital
letter.
Examples:
1. My name is Rose. (Name of a particular person)
2. This is my dog, Tiger. (Name of a specific pet animal owned by someone)
3. David came back from Delhi. (Name of a specific place)
4. Louis Philippe is a famous brand of men’s clothing. (Name of a particular
clothing brand)
2.Common Noun: Common nouns are those nouns that refer to a generic item,
group or place. This means that, unlike proper nouns, they are not used to
identify specific people, places or objects. Common nouns are not capitalised
unless they appear at the beginning of a sentence.
Examples:
1. I bought a pen yesterday. (Common object)
2. I am going to school. (Common place)
3. Only ten employees showed up to work today. (Common group)
4. The car is out of fuel. (Common items)
3.Collective Noun :A collective noun is a naming word that is used to denote a
group of objects, animals or people. Words that refer to group of people,
animals or things e.g.
team, family, class.
1. A bunch of grapes
2. A flock of sheep
3. A herd of elephants
4. Concrete Nouns: A concrete noun refers to objects that are material and
can be perceived by the human senses. Concrete nouns describe physical
things that can be sensed: seen, touched, heard, smelled, or tasted.
Examples: Things: cat, book, chair, pencil, car
People: doctor, teacher, friend, Maria, John
1. The book is on the table.
2. I had a cup of coffee.
3. Sharon opened the windows.
4. Hardy goes to school by bus.
5.Abstract Nouns: Non physical things that cannot be perceived by the five
senses of human body are called an abstract noun. abstract nouns are
nonphysical things that cannot be sensed. These are emotions, Ideas,
concepts, or qualities
Examples:
justice, love, freedom.
1. Love is a strong emotion.
2. Honesty is the best policy.
3. It takes a lot of courage to raise your voice against injustice.
4. You should not misuse the freedom you are given.
Countable Noun-
Countable nouns are for things we can count using numbers. They have a
singular and a plural form.
Look at the picture above. How many apples can you see? How many bananas?
How many tomatoes? Let's count! Five apples, four bananas and one tomato,
In these examples the nouns apple, apples, banana, bananas, and tomato,
tomatoes are all countable nouns.
A. Nouns you can count in numbers.
B. Has ‘a’ or ‘an’ in front of it.
C. Can have plural forms.
D. Answers the question’ how many?’
E. a jug an aeroplane many flowers
F. Tom brought ten packets of lays for the trip. (specific number – ten)
G. Mom asked me to buy a dozen eggs. (specific – dozen means twelve)
H. I saw an aeroplane around seven in the morning. (specific – an means
one)
Uncountable Noun
Uncountable nouns are the things that we cannot count with numbers.
They have no plural form.
Look at the picture above. There is some bread in the basket, cheese
on the plate and milk in the jug. We can't count bread itself, but we
can count slices of bread. We can't count cheese, but we can count
pieces of cheese. We can't count milk, but we can count jugs of milk.
A. Nouns you cannot count in numbers.
B. Doesn’t have ‘a’ or ‘an’ in front of it.
C. Cannot have plural forms.
D. Answers the question’ how much?’
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