Nouns are words that name people, places, things, or ideas. The document defines nouns and provides examples of different types of nouns in English, including proper nouns, common nouns, collective nouns, abstract nouns, animate/inanimate nouns, countable/uncountable nouns, and compound nouns. It explains the key characteristics of each noun type, such as proper nouns beginning with capital letters, collective nouns referring to groups, and countable nouns having both singular and plural forms.
2. NOUNS
What are nouns?
• A noun is a word for a person, place, or thing. Everything we can see or talk about
is represented by a word which names it. That "naming word" is called a noun.
• A noun is a part of speech that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.
• A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea. Whatever exists, we
assume, can be named, and that name is a noun.
• noun (noun): a word (except a pronoun) that identifies a person, place or thing, or
names one of them (proper noun)
• The most popular definition of a noun is as follows “a noun is a word use to name
person, place or thing. “In fact we use noun to express the rank of additional
meaning. Such as concepts, qualities, organizations, communities, sensations and
events. Nouns convey a substation proposition of the information in most text.
3.
4. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES FOR A NOUN..
• person: man, woman, teacher, John, Mary
• place: home, office, town, countryside, America
• thing: table, car, banana, money, music, love, dog, monkey
5. THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF NOUNS IN
ENGLISH..
• Proper noun
• Common noun
• Collective noun
• Abstract noun
• Animate / personal noun
• Inanimate / non-personal noun
• Countable noun
• Uncountable noun / mass noun
• Compound noun
6. PROPER NOUN
• Proper noun is the name of some particular person or place. Proper means,
one's ownership. Proper name is a persons own name.
• Proper nouns are always started with a capital letter at the beginning.in other
word proper nouns are words which begin with capital letters and are not at
the beginning of the sentence. They are often the names of people, place or
institution etc.;
• Your name is a proper noun. A proper noun is the special word that we use
for a person, place or organization, like John, Marie, London, France or
Sony. A name is a noun, but a very special noun - a proper noun. Proper
nouns have special rules.
• EX – He is Kamal.Kamal is a Doctor .
7. COMMON NOUN
• a noun denoting a class of objects or a concept as opposed to a particular
individual.
• Ex- Rani is a girl
Proper noun Common
noun
8. COMMON NOUN PROPER NOUN
MAN, BOY JOHN
WOMAN, GIRL MARY
COUNTRY, TOWN ENGLAND, LONDON
COMPANY FORD, SONY
SHOP, RESTURANT MACEYS, McDONADLS
MONTH, DAY OF THE WEEK JULY, MONDAY
BOOK, FILM WAR AND PEACE, TITANIC
9. COLLECTIVE NOUNS
• Collective noun is a number of collection of persons or things taken together
and spoken of as one whole
• Ex- BOUQUET - BUNCH OF FLOWERS
HEET - COLLECTION OF SHIPS
10. ABSTRACT NOUN
• An abstract nouns usually the name of quality, action or state considering
apart from the object to which it belongs
Ex- Quality kindness , honesty
Action movement , laughter
State sleep , death
• The names of the arts and science are also abstract nouns..
Ex- Grammar , Music , Chemistry
11. • Abstract nouns are formed from adjectives , verbs and common nouns
Ex-
Adjective — Wise Adjective — Vacant
Abstract noun — Wisdom Abstract noun — Vacancy
Verb — Depart Verb — Please
Abstract noun — Departure Abstract noun — Pleasure
Common noun — Patriot Common noun — Agent
Abstract noun — Patriotism Abstract noun — Agency
12. ANIMATE (PERSONAL) NOUN
• A noun which refers to people, animals and living beings is an animate noun.
• ANIMATE NOUN. A semantic category of NOUN, referring to a person,
animal, or other creature (boy, sheep, worm), in contrast to an inanimate
noun, which refers to a thing or concept (corn, boyhood, sleep). In general,
animate nouns correlate with the pronouns he, she, who and inanimate
nouns with it, which.
• A semantic category of noun, referring to a person, animal, or other creature.
• The definition of animate is having life.
Humans, birds and reptiles are each an example of something that is
animate
13. INANIMATE (NON- PERSONAL) NOUN
• An inanimate noun refers to things that are not alive.
• A semantic category of noun that refers to a place, thing, or idea--not a
person, animal, or other creature
• An inanimate noun, which refers to a thing or concept (corn, boyhood, sleep).
In general, animate nouns correlate with the pronouns he, she, who and
inanimate nouns with it, which
14. COUNTABLE NOUN
• Countable nouns are for things we can count using numbers. They have a
singular and a plural form. The singular form can use the determiner "a" or
"an". If you want to ask about the quantity of a countable noun, you ask "How
many?" combined with the plural countable noun.
Singular Plural
One dogs Two dogs
One horse Two horses
One man Two men
One idea Two ideas
One shop Two shops
15. EXAMPLES -
• She has three dogs.
• I own a house.
• I would like two books please.
• How many friends do you have?
16. UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
• Uncountable nouns are for the things that we cannot count with numbers. They may
be the names for abstract ideas or qualities or for physical objects that are too small
or too amorphous to be counted (liquids, powders, gases, etc.). Uncountable nouns
are used with a singular verb. They usually do not have a plural form.
EXAMPLES
Tea,Sugar,Water,Air,Rice,Knowledge,Beauty,Anger,Fear,Love,Money,
Research,Safety,evidence
• We cannot use a/an with these nouns. To express a quantity of an uncountable noun,
use a word or expression like some, a lot of, much, a bit of, a great deal of , or else
use an exact measurement like a cup of, a bag of, 1kg of, 1L of, a handful of, a pinch
of, an hour of, a day of. If you want to ask about the quantity of an uncountable noun,
you ask "How much?". And they are always singular.
17. EXAMPLES -
• There has been a lot of research into the causes of this disease.
• He gave me a great deal of advice before my interview.
• Can you give me some information about uncountable nouns?
• He did not have much sugar left.
• Measure 1 cup of water, 300g of flour, and 1 teaspoon of salt.
• How much rice do you want?
18. COMPOUND NOUN
• A compound noun is a noun that is made with two or more words.
A compound noun is usually [noun + noun] or [adjective + noun],
but there are other combinations (see below). It is important to
understand and recognize compound nouns. Each compound
noun acts as a single unit and can be modified by adjectives and
other nouns.
• There are three forms for compound nouns:
open or spaced - space between words (tennis shoe)
hyphenated - hyphen between words (six-pack)
closed or solid - no space or hyphen between words
(bedroom)
19. • Here are some examples of compound nouns:
noun + noun football Shall we play football today?
adjective + noun blackboard Clean the blackboard please.
verb(-ing) + noun washing
machine
Put the clothes in the red washing
machine.
noun + verb(-ing) train-
spotting
His hobby is train-spotting.
verb + preposition check-out Please remember that check-out is
at 12 noon.
noun + prepositional
phrase
mother-in-
law
My mother-in-law lives with us.
preposition + noun underworld Do you think the police accept
money from the underworld?
noun + adjective truckful We need 10 truckfuls of bricks.
