The noun in detail. types. examples.

1. NOUN …
IN
DETAIL…

2. NOUN.
• A noun is a naming word. It can be the name of a thing,
place, person, animal, or feeling.

3. ETYMOLOGY…
• The word Noun comes from the Latin word Nomen which
means Name.

4. EXAMPLES OF NOUN…
• Naming people:
It could be the name of any person, like. Fatima, Ali, Sara, and so on…
• Naming places:
It could be the name of any place, like. America, China, Paris, and so on…
• Naming things:
Naming things like a car, bottle, table, chair, ball, and so on…
• Naming animals:
dog, rabbit, elephant, chicken, horse, and so on…
• Naming feeling/qualities/ideas:
joy, fear, beauty, strength, anger, and so on…

5. EXAMPLE SENTENCES.
• She lives in the USA.
• I like mango.
• Suna loves to play with her dog.
• The Pacific ocean is very vast.
• Oranges are sour.

6. CLASSES OF NOUN.
• All the things in the world of nouns fall into two classes:
*Concrete noun. ( Or material noun) *Abstract noun.

7. TYPES OF NOUN.
1. Proper noun. 2. Number noun.
3. Common noun. 4. Compound noun.
5. Collective noun. 6. Countable noun.
7. Concrete noun. 8. Uncountable noun.
9. Abstract noun. 10. Masculine noun.
11. Possessive noun. 12. Feminine noun.
Now we will discuss them one by
one;

8. PROPER NOUN…
 Names of people or places such as your name, your friend’s
name, your parent’s name, or the name of your town and country
are special names. These words are called proper nouns.
Special naming words or proper nouns always begin with a capital
letter.

9. EXAMPLES.
• These bears are from China.
• Albert Einstein was born in Germany.
• Her name is Hanna.
• Tom & Jerry is the most famous cartoon.
• Motu and Patlu are close friends.

10. UNDERSTANDING PROPER NOUNS.
• The days of the week and the months of the year are
proper nouns.
Examples:
* Every Sunday is a fun day
* December is the coldest month of the year.
* My friend was born in June month.
* Sam goes to swimming classes every Friday.

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• The names of festivals and some special days are proper
nouns.
Example:
* Mango festival is my favorite festival.
* We will celebrate new year’s eve.
* She likes winter festivals very much.

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• The names of buildings, mountains, rivers, and seas are
also proper nouns.
Example:
* River Nile is very long.
*Last year they visited Niagara falls.
* The Missouri river runs between Kansan and Missouri.
*The pacific is bigger than the Atlantic.

13. COMMON NOUN.
 Common nouns are naming words that are common to
people, places, things, animals, etc.
 Common nouns do not define any particular person,
place, or thing.
 They are general names.
 So, they are not capitalized unless they begin a
sentence. For example boy, girl, doctor, town, city,
dog, car, and so on.

14. EXAMPLE.
• Birds live on trees.
• I love to read storybooks.
• Ally’s mother is a doctor.
• These pastries and cupcakes
are so delicious.

15. COLLECTIVE NOUN.
 Collective nouns are used to
name a group of persons, places,
animals, or things.
 A collective noun represents a
complete whole.
 For example, a library of books,
a team of players, and shelves full
of pots.

16. UNDERSTANDING COLLECTIVE
NOUN.
• Some collective nouns are used to name a group of
animals and birds.
A flock of sheep.
A gaggle of geese.
A shoal of fish.

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• Some collective nouns define a group of people.
A class of pupils
A team of players.

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• There are some collective nouns that stand for a group of
things.
A bunch of keys.
A galaxy of stars.

19. EXAMPLE SENTENCES OF COLLECTIVE
NOUNS.
• At the playground, you get to observe a colony of ants.
• I need to finish an agenda of tasks before I leave.
• The shoal of fish swam by us.
• There was a crowd at the show.
• The group entered the gym together.
• He had a bunch of keys on his belt.

20. CONCRETE NOUN.
Things that have material bodies are
called “concrete nouns.”
It can be detected and felt with our
five senses.
In other words, a concrete noun
represents a material.
for example, a building, tree, car,
book, or dog.

21. SENTENCES.
• Seema has a nice shirt.
• The dog is a faithful animal.
• He arranged all of the stamps on his desk.
• The vehicle is capable of handling rough terrain.
• Could you please pass the salt?

22. ABSTRACT NOUN.
These are the nouns that name feelings, qualities, actions,
ideas, states, and other things that one cannot touch or see
but feel or experience. They are called abstract nouns.
In other words, things that have no material bodies are
known as abstract nouns.

23. EXAMPLE.
• We should always speak the truth.
• He was saved by his luck.
• Failure and success are side by side in the ups and downs of life.
• Treat animals with kindness.

24. POSSESSIVE NOUN.
A possessive noun is a word that
names who or what has or owns
something.
We add an apostrophe and s (‘s) to
form the possessive of most singular
nouns.

25. EXAMPLE.
This is the cop’s
dog.
( means- dog
belongs to cop)
This is Ana’s crown.
( crown belongs to
Ana )
Ted’s dream of a bicycle came
true on his birthday.

26. POSSESSIVE NOUN IN PLURAL.
Sometimes we need to show possession for plural
nouns or where the owners are more than one.
In such cases, we add an apostrophe at the end.

27. EXAMPLE SENTENCES.
• A girls’ school
is located near
my house.
• We should not
harm
the birds’ nests
.

28. NUMBER NOUN.
Number nouns denote one or many.
There are two kinds of number nouns:
Singular number noun – it stands for one person, animal, thing,
or place.
Plural number noun – it stands for more than one person, animal,
thing, or place.
• For example one toy, three balls, two dogs, five cars, nine planets, and
so on.
• Generally, by adding an ‘s’ at the end, we can change a singular noun
to a plural noun.

29. THERE ARE DIFFERENT RULES WE FOLLOW TO
CHANGE A SINGULAR NOUN TO A PLURAL NOUN.
RULE 1:
• When a singular noun ends with a ‘y’ after a consonant, we remove the
‘y’ and add ‘ies’.
For example:
• City – cities
• Lady – ladies
• Story – stories
• Consonants are all other letters except vowels (a, e, i, o, u).

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Rule 2:
• If there is a vowel before ‘y’ just add ‘s’ to form its plural.
For example:
• Boy – boys
• Day – days
• Trolley – trolleys
• Toy – toys

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Rule 3
• When a singular noun ends with ‘o’ after a vowel, add ‘s’
to make it a plural noun.
For example:
• Bamboo – bamboos
• Radio – radios
• Video – videos

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Rule 4
• When a singular noun ends with ‘o’ after a consonant, we add ‘es’ to make it a
plural noun.
For example:
• Tomato – tomatoes
• Volcano – volcanoes
• Hero – heroes
• It is also possible that for a few nouns ending with ‘o’ preceded by a consonant,
we add the letter ‘s’ to form their plurals.
For example:
• Piano – pianos
• Photo – photos

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Rule 5
• If a singular noun ends with a sound like ‘s’ such as ‘ss’,
‘sh’, ‘ch’, ‘x’, ‘z’, ‘tch’, we add ‘es’ to make it plural.
For example:
• Box – boxes
• Watch – watches
• Dress – dresses
• Quiz – quizzes

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Rule 6
• If a singular noun ends with ‘f’ or ‘fe’, change the ‘f’ into
‘v’ and add ‘es’ to make it plural.
For example:
• Life – lives
• Calf – calves
• Loaf – loaves
• Knife – Knives

35. IRREGULAR PLURAL.
The plurals of some nouns remain the same.
For example:
• Fish – fish
• Deer – deer
• Cattle – cattle
• Sheep – sheep
• Bison – bison

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The plural of some nouns is totally different from their
singular form.
For example:
• Mouse – mice
• Ox – oxen
• Cactus – cacti
• Child – children
• Man – men

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Some nouns are always plurals like
• pants,
• jeans,
• shorts,
• tongs,
• scissors,
• hair,
• sunglasses.

38. COMPOUND NOUN.
Compound nouns are formed by joining two nouns
together.
There are three different ways to form compound nouns:
•The one-word form: like; housekeeper, showcase, bookmark.
•The hyphenated form: like; x-ray, co-pilot, and mother-in-law.
•The open form: like; a post office, history book, mineral water.

40. EXAMPLE SENTENCES.
• The teacher looked at his timetable.
• The tomatoes were grown in the greenhouse.
• Their house has its own swimming pool.
• We need good rainfall to save the crops.

41. COUNTABLE NOUN.
Nouns that can be counted are
called countable nouns.
Most of the nouns come in the
category of countable nouns
rather than uncountable nouns
because they refer to things,
people, or animals that can be
counted.

43. EXAMPLE.
I saw two owls sitting on the branch.
There are three apples on the plate.

44. CONT.…
• We use ‘the’ for some unique nouns (one of their kind).
For example.
• The earth.
• The sun.
• The moon.

45. UNCOUNTABLE NOUN.
Nouns that cannot be counted are called uncountable
nouns.
Uncountable nouns are also
known as ‘mass nouns.’

47. CONT.…
We cannot count certain things in numbers such
as milk,sugar, water, and jam.

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We have to use words like –
a glass of milk
A spoon of sugar
a jug of water
A bottle of jam

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We can use terms like – a little, plenty, or a bowl of …
with uncountable nouns.
Though these nouns can be measured, they cannot be
counted.
Such nouns do not have a singular or plural form.

50. MASCULINE NOUN.
Masculine nouns represent males: boys, men, and male animals.
For example
• prince,
• man,
• king,
• boy,
• lion, etc.

51. FEMININE NOUN.
Feminine nouns represent females: girls, women, and
female animals.
For example:
• Princess,
• woman,
• hen,
• lioness, etc.

52. •children,
•artists,
•principals,
 But there are some nouns that represent both males and
females.
•teachers,
•singers,
•lawyers, etc.