NOUNS

DEFINITION

▪A noun is a part of speech that is used to

name a person, place, thing, quality or
action.
▪It is also called a naming word.
▪Examples can be boy, house, book, honesty
and robbery.
 TYPES OF NOUN

❑PROPER NOUN
❑COMMON NOUN
❑COLLECTIVE NOUN
❑MATERIAL NOUN
❑ABSTRACT NOUN
 1.PROPER NOUN

• Name of some specific person, place,

organization or thing.
• They always begin with a capital letter, no
matter where it occurs in a sentence.
• If proper noun has a group of words, each
word begins with a capital letter.
 EXAMPLES:

➢People: Shivaji, Arvind Ghosh, M. K. Gandhi

➢Places: Rajpath, Sahara Desert, Park Street
➢Things: Taj Mahal, Qutub Minar , Ramayana
➢Organizations: Indian National Army, United
Nations, Indian National Congress
➢Days and Months: Monday, January
Remember:

• We can use plurals of proper noun in

exceptional cases.
e.g. There are three Anurags in my class.
• We use a, an or the in special cases.
e.g. Kalidas is the Shakespeare of India.
Capitalize the proper nouns in the following
sentences.

✓sachin tendulkar comes from mumbai.

✓kalidas was a famous indian poet.
✓suez canal belongs to egypt.
✓The ganga is a holy river.
✓The last month of the year is december.
✓agra is famous for the taj.
✓ankur will leave for nepal on monday.
✓ANSWER: Capitalize first letter of highlighted nouns e.g. Sachin Tendulkar.
 2.COMMON NOUN

• These are simply words that name people,

things, animals and places.
• They are not the actual names of people,
things, animals or places.
• e.g., the word ‘player’ is a common noun,
but the word ‘Sachin’ is a proper noun as it
names a specific player.
EXAMPLES:

➢People: girl, student, teacher, man, mother,

father, doctor, lawyer etc.
➢Things: book, key, table, chair, vase, ship,
phone, pen, pencil, mobile etc.
➢Animals: cat, dog, cow, bee, monkey, snake,
ant, rabbit, parrot etc.
➢Places: school, beach, temple, hospital etc.
 3.COLLECTIVE NOUN

• It is a word that refers to a collection or group

of people, things or animals of the same kind.
• It is used as a singular number. If it is used as a
plural number, it becomes a common noun.
• E.g class is a collective noun but classes
becomes common noun.
EXAMPLES:

• People: a class of students, a troop of

dancers, an army of soldiers
• Animals: a caravan of camels, a flock of
birds, a pack of dogs
• Things: a library of books, a fleet of ships,
a bouquet of flowers
 4.MATERIAL NOUN

• It is name of a material or substance out of

which things are made.
• For example,
➢Leather is an animal product out of which
shoes are made.
➢Gold is used for making ornaments.
➢Wood is a plant product used to make
furniture.
 5.ABSTRACT NOUN

• It is the name of quality, action or state.

• An abstract noun can not be touched,
tasted, seen or smelt.
• These nouns have singular number and
neuter gender.
EXAMPLES:

• Kindness is a great virtue.

• Goodness always pays.
• The judge delivered his judgement.
• Police are investigating the theft of our car.
• Childhood is the best stage of our life.
• Darkness dreads everyone.
 FORMATION OF
ABSTRACT NOUN
USING:
 1.VERBS

VERB ABSTRACT NOUN

obey obedience
free freedom
invite invitation
lose loss
speak speech
grow growth
know knowledge
think thought
refuse refusal
 2.COMMON NOUNS

COMMON NOUN ABSTRACT NOUN

slave slavery
friend friendship
scholar scholarship
child childhood
king kingship
neighbour neighbourhood
 3.ADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVE ABSTRACT NOUN

intelligent intelligence
Wise Wisdom
Great Greatness
Kind Kindness
Weak Weakness
Bright Brightness
Difficult Difficulty
Hungry Hunger
Honest Honesty
Brave Bravery
 KINDS OF NOUNS
COUNTABLE NOUN
▪ Things, places or people
that can be counted.
▪ They can be singular or
plural.
▪ e.g. one, two, three or
more books, toys etc.
Examples: Common nouns like
pen, brother, dog, cat, animal,
man, bottle, coin, cup etc.
UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
▪ They can not be counted and
do not have plural form.
▪ e.g. silver can not be counted
not can be written ‘silvers’.
Examples: music, happiness, news,
rice, sugar, luggage, water, money,
information, electricity etc.
 NOTE

❖Article a/an is not used before uncountable noun. E.g.

news, water but can say ‘a piece of news’ or ‘a bottle of
water’.
❖Few nouns are both countable as well as uncountable.
✓European currency is very popular. [countable]
✓He deals in foreign currency. [uncountable]
✓There are many street lights in our village. [countable]
✓Draw a curtain. There is too much light. [uncountable]
Classify following nouns into countable (C)
and uncountable (U) nouns.

Time (U), books (C), sugar (U), milk

(U), pens (C), hair (U), chairs (C),
fingers (C), meat (U), butter (U),
pencils (C), bread (C), jam (U), friends
(C), flour (U), apples (C), oil (U), cars
(C), salt (U), houses (C).
Form abstract nouns from the following.

NOUN ABSTRACT NOUN ABSTRACT

NOUN NOUN
Child Childhood Honest Honesty
Scholar Scholarship Strong Strength
King Kingdom Wise Wisdom
Friend Friendship Weak Weakness
Discover Discovery Bright Brightness
Sell Sell Lose Loss
Think Thought Great Greatness
Grow Growth Kind Kindness
Underline material noun in these sentences.

✓Silver is greyish-white metal used for making coins

and ornaments.
✓Trumpets are made of brass.
✓Coal is found below the ground and burnt for heat.
✓Do you take milk daily?
✓Rubber is used for making tyres and boots.
✓She consumes a bottle of milk everyday.