Noun

Noun

A naming word is called NOUN.

• People - A person’s name is a noun such as Ram, Krishan,Radha etc.. or words that can be used to name a person, such as mother, father, sister, brother, student, or teacher.
• Places - Words used to name places are nouns, such as names of countries, states, cities, streets, and locations like home, school, building or office.
• Things - Words that name things are nouns, dog , cat,car,stove , bed, house.
• Concepts ,Ideas, Emotions - Words that describe intangible concepts, Ideas & Emotions represent abstract nouns. Examples include intellect, faith, comfort, or satisfaction, integrity, loyalty, freedom, patriotism,happiness, sympathy or grief.

Types of noun

• Different types of nouns:
• Common noun
• Proper noun
• Abstract noun
• Collective noun
• Material noun
• Singular noun & Plural noun
• Countable noun & Uncountable noun

Common noun

• Common noun is a word that refers to a person, place, or thing but that is not the name of a particular person, place, or thing.
• Example:- house, cat, girl, foot, country etc.
• Alex is a wonderful player.
• He was not born in this country.
• Raipur is the city he lives in.

Proper noun

• Proper noun tells about name of a particular person, place, or thing.It can be a word or group of words .
• Proper noun is always begins with a capital letter.
• Example:- Ram, Bruno, Taj Mahal, Dell etc.
• The boy threw the ball to his dog, Ramu.
• Rahul and Ram took their dog for a walk.

Abstract noun

• Abstract noun denotes an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object.
• Example:- love, creativity, democracy etc.
• We have to get at the truth of the matter.
• People lost faith in banks.
• She will defeat them.

Collective noun

• A collective noun refers to a group that functions as one unit or performs the same action at the same time.
• Example:- crowd, flocks, committee, a sum of money etc.
• Jacky seems to be a member of a gang.
• Britney has piles of money.
• She saw a flock of sheep.

Material noun

• A material noun tells about a material or substance from which things are made such as silver, gold, iron, cotton, diamond and plastic.
• Example:- cloth, air, metal, gold, salt, iron, silver, steel, brass, bronze etc.
• Cotton dresses are very cheap and comfortable.
• My Father purchased a gold ring for me.
• Taj Mahal is built using marbles.

Singular noun & Plural noun

• Singular noun:- A singular noun refers to only one person or thing.
• Plural noun:- A plural noun refers to more than one person or thing.
• Example:- Woman (Singular), Women (Plural).
• Example:- Man (Singular), Men (Plural).
• My cat (singular noun) is (singular verb) big and hairy.
• In my opinion, dogs (plural noun) are (plural verb) the cutest pets in the world.

Countable noun & Uncountable noun

• Countable noun:- A countable nouns are individual people, animals, places, things, or ideas which can be counted.
• Uncountable noun:- A uncountable noun is not individual object, so they cannot be counted.
• Example of countable nouns:- an apple, two apples, three apples, etc..
• Example of uncountable nouns:- air, rice, water, etc.
• He has one car.
• Sugar is sweet.

Quiz

• Quiz 1: Noun