Nouns are words that name people, places, things, and ideas. There are different types of nouns including common nouns, proper nouns, concrete nouns, abstract nouns, compound nouns, collective nouns, countable nouns, non-countable nouns, gender-specific nouns, verbal nouns, and possessive nouns. Examples are provided to illustrate each type of noun.

3. • Nouns are the words that names a
person ,place ,ideas or things.
• The word “noun” come from the Latin
“nomen” that means name.

4. • Just everything that we
see, touch, smell, taste,
make and even think.
• For example :
• Car , light, phone, pincil,
water, college, book etc.

5. Two of Noun
• A common noun is the
word used for a class of
person, place or thing.
• Examples:
• car, man, bridge,
town,water, metal
• A proper noun is the name
of a person, place or thing
(i.e., its own name). A
proper noun always starts
with a capital letter. For
Examples:
• Michael , Pakistan, UET
Taxila, Minar-e-Pakistan,

6. A common noun does not start with a capital letter (unless it
starts a sentence or is part of a title). It is a common mistake
to capitalize a common noun that is an important word in a
sentence.
Common nouns are capitalized only when they start a
sentence.

7. Man Road Metal

8. Muhammad Amir
Minar-e-Pakistan
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9. • Concrete nouns – things
you can see or touch.
• Examples:
• tree, cloud, hen, knife

10. Things you cannot see or touch.
Or
Names something you cannot
perceive with your five senses.
Examples:
Hope, idea, kindness, sadness,
joy

11. Nouns made up of more than one word.
They are classified in three groups:
• Hyphenated word (self-rule, sister-in-
law, thirty-three)
• Separated word (coffee table, dinning
room)
• Combined word (highschool,
landlord, girlfriend)

12. Words to describe
groups.
Names a group of
people or things
Example:
Faimly, class, team,
choir

13.  Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They
are things that we can count.
 . For example: "pen". We can count pens. We
can have one, two, three or more pens. Here
are some more countable nouns:
 dog, cat, animal, man, person
 bottle, box, litre
 coin, note, dollar

14. Countable nouns can be singular or plural.
Lion
Cup
Pen
Lions
Cups
Pens

15. Non-countable nouns (mass nouns):
A mass noun is a noun that names things that in
English cannot usually be counted.
A mass noun (also known as a noncount noun)
is generally used only in the singular.
Examples:
food, music, luck, work, advice

16. A gender-specific noun refers specifically to a male
or a female.
Examples:
 actress / waitress / sow (gender specific - female)
 Dad / bull / uncle / drake (gender specific - male)
 These are not gender-specific nouns:
soldier / cat / whale / mouse(not gender specific)

17. Verbal nouns :
Nouns derived
from verbs.
Examples:
building, attack

18. A possessive noun shows ownership by adding an
apostrophe, an "s" or both. To make a single noun
possessive, simply add an apostrophe and an "s."
Examples:
Gym’s rules, House’s roof, Sun’s rays, Today’s
newspaper