NOUNS AND ITS TPYES

1. Name: Janette Camen Roger Magwaza
Reg #: 11816142
Topic: Nouns
Class: Eight (8th)

2. What is a Noun?

3. A noun is a word used to name a
person, animal, place, thing, and an
abstract idea. Nouns are also simply
the names we give to everything
around us.

4. Nouns.
An Animal (Dog) A person (Baby)
A place (City) A thing (Car) An Idea (Freedom)

5. Nouns
Singular and Plural nouns
 A singular nouns refers to one thing.
Examples: A baby, A dog, A flower
 A plural nouns refers to two r more things
Examples: Babies, dogs, flowers

6. Quick
1) What is a noun?
2) A baby is an example of
A. Plural noun
B. Singular noun
C. Verb
3) Dogs is an example of
A. Singular noun
B. Plural noun
C. Adverb

7. Types
of
Nouns

8. Proper Nouns
Proper nouns are the names of specific people
and places. These nouns also refers to the names
of the days of the week and months, and also
the various names for religion, organizations,
institutions, etc…
Example: I will be visiting New Delhi next month.

9. Common Nouns
Common nouns are nouns that are used to
denote a general category of people, places or
things. They can be capitalized only when they
are at the beginning of a sentence. Common
nouns does not refers to something specific
rather they are a general term used for every
noun of a particular kind or type.
Example: The boys went to play cricket.

10. Abstract Nouns
Abstract nouns are the names of things we
cannot perceive through our five senses of
touching, smelling, seeing, hearing and tasting.
These nouns can only refer to medical conditions
related to the mind and are also used to express
thoughts.
Example: His bravery in the war won him a
medal.

11. Countable Nouns
These are nouns that have both singular and
plural forms. They can be counted either
relatively or completely, and form plurals to
associate with plural verbs in a sentence. They
can also be expressed in numerical terms.
Example: I need to buy four new suitcases for my
trip.

12. RECAPITULATION
Dear students, today we have learned about “Nouns”. Pupil teacher will now ask students the
following questions:
Q1. The boys went to play cricket is an example of
A. Countable noun
B. Common noun
C. Abstract noun
Q2. I need to buy four new suitcases for my trip is an example of
A. Countable noun
B. Abstract
C. Proper noun
Q3. What is a Proper noun?

13. Home
Q1. Define Verb
Q2. Explain about pronoun and its types with at
least three examples each.