THE NOUN : KINDS OF NOUN

The Noun :-  Noun is a naming word. It is a name of person, place, thing and animal.

Kinds  of Noun:- There are five kinds of Noun in English.

1.       Common Noun

2.       Proper Noun

3.       Collective Noun

4.       Material Noun

5.       Abstract Noun

1.       Common Noun :- When the way of thinking is same for a name the Noun will be common. Or a Common Noun is a name given in common to every person or thing of the same class or kind.

For example:-

Person :-  King ; Man ; Thief ; Woman ; Friend ; Author ; agent  etc.

Place:- Counry ; City ; Twon ; Village ; Room ; Field ; House ;  etc.

Thing :- Table ; Pen ; Pencil ; Shirt ; Door ; Gate ; Colour etc.

Animal :- Cow ; Dog ; Bitch ; Ewe ; Wolf ; Tiger etc.

     Important Points :

·         Common Noun always use as singular but we can use it as plural .

·         Common Noun is always countable.

·         Article ‘A/an’ always used before Singular Common Noun. But for making a Specific Common Noun, we use article ‘The’ with Common Noun.

·         Always use small letter for a Common Noun spelling.

·         Below the list of some common count Nouns :

Accident;                     dream;                 judge;                   newspaper

Adult;                            effect;                  lake;                      problem

Battle;                           election;              machine;             product

Beach;                          engine;                 magazine;           scheme

Castle;                          idea;                      meal;                     shock

Cigarette;                    issue;                    message;             smile

Country;                      job;                        minute;                                task    etc.

2.       Proper Noun :- When the way of thinking is defferent for a name from person to person the Noun will be proper. Or a Proper Noun is the name of some particular person or place. For example :-

Person :- Jack ; Tom ; Rohan etc

Place :- India ; United Kingdom ; Caneda etc.

Thing and Animal are not proper itself.

3.       Collective Noun :-  A collective Noun is the name of a number or collection of person or things or animals taken together as one whole.

For example:- Person :- Crowd ; Mob ; Team ; Army ; Jury; Family etc.

                            Place :- Nation ; Country ; State etc.

                            Things :- Bunch ; Heap ; Lock ; Flight ; bouquet etc.

                         Animals :- Herd ; Team ; Hive ; Swarm ; Litter ; Flock etc.

We can use Collective Noun as like :

-          A herd of deer

-          A shoal of fish

-          A stock of geese

-          A pair of shoes

-          A bunch of flowers

-          A gang of robbers

-          A flock of sheep

4.       Material Noun :-  Material Nouns are the names of thing/ matter to which we can not count. They mainly denote Substances.

Material Noun have three situations :

1.       Solid :- iron ; Gold ; Silver ; Copper ; Bronze ; Steel etc.

2.        Liquid :- Oil ; Milk ; Water ; Tea ; Coffee etc.

3.        Gas:- Oxizen ; Nitrogen ; Carbon-di-oxide etc.

5.  Abstract Noun :- Nouns to which we can not see and touch but we can feel them are called Abstract Nouns. As like Quality ; Action ; State etc.