This document defines and provides examples of different types of nouns in English: - Noun - a naming word that can refer to people, places, ideas, or things - Common noun - names a common person, place, animal or thing (e.g. boy, car, dog, school) - Proper noun - names a particular person, place, animal or thing (e.g. Ahmed, Honda City, Jack, Harvard School) - Collective noun - denotes a group of people or things (e.g. team, army, class, bunch, herd) - Concrete noun - refers to tangible things that can be seen and touched (e.g. book,

1. Noun:
“Noun is a naming word”

2. Name of things:

3. Name of a person:

4. Name of a place:

5. An idea.

6. Common Noun:
Name of a common
person, place, animal or
thing.

7. Boy Car

8. Dog School

9. Proper Noun:
Name of a particular person,
place, animal or thing.
Example:

10. Ahmed Honda City

11. Jack Harvard School

12. Collective Noun:
It denotes a group of people
or things.
Example:Team, army, class,
bunch, herd etc.

13. Player Team

14. Dog Pack

15. Flower Bouqet/Bunch

16. Musician Band

17. Bird Flock

18. Tree Cluster

19. Q. Underline collective nouns in the given sentences.
i. I saw a shoal of fish in the pond.
ii. The shepherd is guarding a flock of sheep.
iii. Herd of cattle is grazing in the pasture.
iv. There is a galaxy of stars in the sky.
v. We love Pakistan army.
vi. There is a crowd of people in the street.
vii. There is a cluster of trees in the jungle.
viii. There is a hive of bees in the tree.
ix. There is a fleet of ship in the sea.
x. He gave me a bunch of flowers.

20. Concrete Noun:
Everything that is made of matter
is called material or concrete noun.
Concrete nouns can be seen and
touched.
e.g:Book, table, chair, fan etc.

21. Concrete nouns can be:

22. A Bird
CONCRETE

23. A Book
CONCRETE

24. A Car
CONCRETE

25. A Boy
CONCRETE

26. Q. Underline material nouns in the following
sentences.
i. My bag is full of books.
ii. This table is very beautiful.
iii. My cousin is a hardworking student.
iv. My father is an army officer.
v. Black stone was set by the Holy Prophet
Hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W).

27. Abstract Noun:
A noun which we can not see
or touch but only feel.
e.g. happiness, bravery, pain,
love etc.

28. Abstract Nouns can not be:

29. The boy had permission to go to the park.
?
Boy Park Permission

30. i. She is famous for her honesty.
ii. Patience is a great quality.
iii. Our soldiers are well known for their valour.
iv. No one can defeat a man with courage.
v. There is a great significance of grammar in language.
vi. There is a great importance of hard work in students’ life.
vii. William Wordsworth’s happiness was due to daffodils.
viii. Soldiers are famous for their loyalty to the country.
ix. Our devotion towards our country is beyond any iota of
doubt.
x. His sincerity towards his job is wonderful.