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THE NOUN

(1.Common noun, 2. Proper noun, 3.Collective noun, 4.Abstract noun, 5.Material noun)

Definition :

A noun is a word, it is used as the name of a person, animal, place, bird, idea, emotion or thing.

For example boy , girl, table, chair, peacock, honesty, happiness, wisdom, book etc.,

e.g.

Person

David, Sister, Woman, Brother

Place

Chennai, London, Delhi, Maxico

Animal

Tiger, Elephant, Lion, Deer

Bird

Parrot, Crow, Swan, Peacock

Emotion

Happiness, Sadness, Thought, Toy

Thing

Pen, Book, Computer, Pencil

Types of nouns

NOUNS ARE NAMING words. They identify people, things or place in our world. Nouns come in six different forms: proper, common, abstract, concrete, collective, and compound.

Further, the nouns can be classified into two major types as : countable and uncountable nouns.

1. Common noun :

Definition :

A common noun is a name given in common to every person or thing of the same class of kind.

These common nouns are words for things.

e.g.

chair

bicycle

television

hammer

ladder

computer

axe

calculator

cooker

saw

crayons

book

courage

ruler

printer

laziness

lawnmower

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These common nouns are words for animals.

e.g.

cat

kitten

lion

dog

puppy

tiger

horse

foal

elephant

goat

kid

whale

frog

tadpole

kangaroo

sheep

lamb

bear

These common nouns are words for places.

e.g.

airport

hostel

temple

university

hotel

mosque

stadium

bank

school

park

library

college

farm

theater

post office

zoo

mall

police station

These common nouns are words for people who do certain things.

e.g.

artist

teacher

police officer

singer

headmaster

plumber

dancer

manager

driver

director

doctor

writer

magician

lawyer

farmer

artist

clerk

friend

2. Proper noun :

Definition :

A proper noun is the name of some particular person, place, thing, particular event, or group. This proper noun begins with a capital letter. If the noun is nonspecific, that is, the noun refers to a general idea and not a specific person, place, or thing, it is usually not a proper noun, so it it not capitalized.

e.g.

Specific

Nonspecific

World war II

A war

English class

A class

The American Bar Association

The association

These people’s names are proper nouns.

e.g.

Aladdin

Muhammad Ali

Dad

Harry Potter

George Washington

Mom

Mahatma Gandhi

Hitler

Granny

Santa Claus

Nelson Mandela

Uncle David

Confucius

Jayalalitha

Miss Park

Alex Rodriguez

Jacky chan

Mr.Raj

The names of the days of the week and the months of the year are proper nouns.

e.g.

days of the week

months

Sunday

January

August

Monday

February

September

Tuesday

March

October

Wednesday

April

November

Thursday

May

December

Friday

June

Saturday

July

The names of special days and celebrations are also proper nouns.

e.g.

New Year’s Day

Dewali

Valentine’s Day

Ramadan

Independece Day

Christmas

Labour Day

Memorial Day

Falg Day

Thanksgiving

Republic Day

Veteran’s Day

The names of famous places, buildings and monuments are proper nouns.

e.g.

The Taj Mahal

The Statue of Liberty

The Eiffel Tower

Chaco Canyon Pueblo

The Golden Gate Bridge

the Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Great Wall of China

Buckingham Palace

The names of people who live in a particular country are also proper nouns.

e.g.

Country

People

Afghanistan

Afghans

Australia

Australians

Britain

The British

Germany

Germans

USA

Americans

India

Indians

3. Collective noun :

Definition :

i) A collective noun is a name of a number (collection) of persons or things taken together and spoken of as one whole as:Crowd, mob, team, flock, herd, army, fleet, jury, family, nation, parliament, committee.ii) Nouns that refer to a specific group of persons or things are called…