Noun

1. NOUN
Noun is a naming a word.
Types
Noun
Concrete Abstract
Proper Countable
Common Uncountable
Collective
Material

2. Abstract Noun
• Quality
• Action
• State
example
 Wisdom
 Judgement
 Perseverance
 Improvement.
Countable
ex. I couldn’t hear sound.
Uncountable
ex. These planes can fly faster than sound.
Honesty is the best policy.

3. Concrete Noun
Proper Noun Common Noun
Tamim Player
Cumilla* City
Borna Girl
A. Rahman Man.

4. Collective Noun : Group Noun
• Committee*
• Library
• Police
• Family
• Pack
• Shoal
• Herd
• Flock
• Parliament
• Mob
• Nation

5. Material Noun
• Water
• Gold
• Diamond
• Salt
• Sugar
**Gold: Material Noun
Ring: Common Noun

6. Material Noun Common Noun
Wood Table
Plastic Chair
Gold Golden ring
Paper Envelope
Diamond Nose ring
Cotton Dress
Water River

7. How to Identify:
i. The position of Noun in a sentence.
ii. Suffix.
Usage of Noun
(The position of noun in a sentence)
 As a sub. Or obj. of a verb
I. Contribution to the charity organizations is
greately needed.
II. We appreaciated his bravery.
III. His rudeness surprised me.

8.  As an obj. of Gerund,
infinitive and participle:
 Maintaining consistency is very
important.
 To see his happiness is
disturbing for me.
 Observing the difficulties in the
assignment, we left it.
Gerund (Verb+ing = Noun): static.
Ex. Swimming is a good exercise.
Participle(verb+ing = Adjective):
kinetic or present condition.
Ex. The crying baby had a wet
diapper.

9.  As an obj. of Preposition, Article and
Adjective
PAD:
• P -Preposition, possessive
• A-Article, Adjective
• D-Determiner.(A few, much,little,each,every)
Preposition + only 1 word = Noun
Ex. He was admired for his sincerity.
Article + only 1 word = Noun
Ex. He likes the way I talk.
Adjective + only 1 word = Noun
Ex. Shohel is a good student.

10. Suffix:
tion: correction, affection
ship: friendship, kinship
dom: wisdom, freedom
hood: childhood, brotherhood etc.
Special types of Noun:
Always pleural:
• Scissors
• Vegetables
• Belongings
• Goods
• Cloths
• Surroundings
• Wages etc

11. Looks like pleural but singular:
• Physics
• Athletics
• Arts
• Politics
• Statistics
• News
• Innings
• Economics
• Mathematics etc.

12. Looks like singular but pleural:
• Folk
• People
• Children
• Cattle*
• Police
• Public
• Aristocracy
• Poultry etc.
Singular+ Pleural = Same
Sheep
Deer
Score
Salmon
Pair
Dozen
Gross
Canon etc.
Ex:
I saw ten deer.
He bought five dozen oranges from Nagpur.

13. Some specialty
A journey by bus (countable noun)
A travel by bus.-wrong(non-countable noun)
California has a good climate. (countable noun)
California has a good weather.-wrong(non-countable noun)
 The uses of few, little
Ex. I have a few friends(countable noun)
I have a little sugar.

14. Have to know:
A furniture
A piece of furniture
2 luggages
2 pieces of luggage
A information
A piece of information
A soap.
A bar of soap.
2 equipements
2 pieces of equipement.
Gender
Number: Home Task.

15. Which of the following is not a singular
number?
analysis
poetry
cattle
alms
Which of the following is a common gender?
prince
ewe
spouse
mare

16. Thanks for patience hearing