What is a Noun?: A noun is the name of specific object or group of objects that can be a person, place, animal, object, material, idea, and even emotions. Noun is taken from a latin word nomen which means name. In other words, we can say that a noun is the naming words.
संज्ञा क्या है? संज्ञा किसी भी चीज का नाम है जो एक व्यक्ति, गति, पशु, वस्तु, सामग्री, विचार, यहां तक कि एक भावना भी हो सकती है।.
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Examples of nouns
These are the following examples of nouns
- Jonny – Name of a person
- Delhi – Name of a place
- Pen – Name of a thing
- Iron – Name of material
- Love – Emotion of feeling
- Tiger – Name of animal and so on.
Types of Noun in English grammar
In our English grammar there are five types of nouns which are as follows-
- Proper Noun
- Common Noun
- Collective Noun
- Abstract Noun
- Material Noun
1. Proper Noun
What is proper noun? Proper noun is the particular or specific name which is given to a person, place, item or thing. For example, Agra, Virat Kohli, USA, Monday, English and so on.
“I” always begins with capital letters no matter where they occur writing a sentence.
Here are some examples of proper nouns shown in bold letters:
Rohit love to spend time with his friend Rohan in kolkata.
Hero and Honda are two bikemakers company.
We visited Dal lake which is one the beauty of Jammu and Kashmir.
2. Common Noun
What is common noun? Common noun is the common name given to a person, place, item or a thing. It starts from capital word only while appearing at the beginning of a sentence. For example, Girl, Country, Color and so on.
Here are some examples of common nouns shown in bold letters:
Students love weekends.
The door is open.
We should kind to animals.
3. Collective Noun
It is the name given to represent a group of people, animals or things:
For example, A group of people watching a match(spectators), a group of people listening to a concert or lecture audience), a bunch of grapes, a class of students, a flock of birds, a series of events, A team of players, a herd of cattle, a pride of lions and so on.
Here are some examples of collective nouns that are capitalized:
The flock of birds flying in the sky.
Rohit Sharma is new captain of indian cricket team in T20.
Yesterday my family attended a wedding ceremony.
Pankaj distributed chocolates in his class on his birthday.
4. Abstract
Abstract noun is the name of ideas, feelings, quality or thing that we cannot see, taste or touch.
Examples of Abstract noun: Love, Anger, Joy, Desire, good will, tired, happiness, hate etc.
Here are some examples of abstract nouns shown in bold letters:
Every parents love his daughter or son equally.
Mountains with snow is the beauty of Jammu & Kashmir.
I hate people who misbehave with elders.
5. Material
It is the name you give to the material, substance or things that we use as ingredients for making it.
For example, Gold, Diamonds, Glass, Fiber, Air, Cloth, Metal and so on.
Here is the some example of Material nouns which is shown in bold letters –
Diamond cuts Diamond.
We should not waste food.
Woolen clothes keep us warm in winter.
Difference between Proper and Common Noun
The following are the differences between proper and common nouns:
| Common Noun | Proper Noun |
|---|---|
| Manument | Taj Mahal, India Gate and so on. |
| Boys | Sachin, Scott, John etc. |
| Month | January, February and so on |
| Place | Delhi, New York and so on. |
| Days | Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and so on. |
Some other kinds of Noun
- Countable
- Uncountable
Difference between Countable and Uncountable Noun
Following are the differences between countable and uncountable nouns – Countable Vs Uncountable:
| # | Countable | Uncountable |
|---|---|---|
| # | Countable | Uncountable |
| 1. | Countable nouns can be counted. For example, An aeroplane, a college, one house two cars | Uncountable nouns cannot be counted. For example, water, honey, milk, sugar, rice and so on. |
| 2. | It can take singular and plural verbs. For example, There is a pen on the table, Those are pens on the table. | It always takes singular verbs. For example, There is some coffee in that cup. |
| 3. | It can use articles like a, an, the. For example, She bought a car. | When we talk about things like cup, glass, bottle, coffee, tea, in this case we can use articles(a, an, the). For example, Can I have a cup coffee. |
| 4. | It can use my, his, her etc. For example, This is my home. | But It can not use my, his, her etc. |
| 5. | It can be used alone with some/any/many/few in the plural. For example, I love some grapes | It can be used alone with some/any/much/little in the singular. For example, Give me some water, please. |
Noun practice exercises with answers
Identify the nouns in the following sentences and write their names.
- Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand.
- I bought some fruits from the market.
- I saw the Royal Bengal Tiger in the zoo.
- Elephant is a big animal.
- Akbar was the king of the Mughal emperor.
- This pen is made of plastic.
- Amitabh Bachchan is my favorite actor.
- Honesty is the best policy.
- Pucca house is made of cement and concrete.
- We should always speak the truth.
- Ganga is a holy river.
- The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world.
- There was a huge crowd in the fair.
- My husband presented me a gold ring.
- He easily recognized my voice.
Exercise sentence Answer
- Ranchi, Jharkhand – Proper
- fruits, market – Common
- Royal Bengal Tiger – Proper
- Elephant, animal – Common
- Akbar – Proper
- pen – Common, Plastic – Material
- Amitabh Bachchan – Proper, Actor – Common
- Honesty – Abstract
- Cement and concrete- Material
- truth- Abstract
- Ganga – Proper, River – Common
- Pacific Ocean – Proper, Ocean – Common
- crowd – Collective
- gold – Material
- voice – Abstract
Exercise of Noun: Change the Gender
The Duck dived into the water.
The bride was dressed up into white colour.
we worshipped the god in the temple.
The Lion caught a lamb.
The wife of this man is an actress.
The mother cooks breakfast for his son.
The girl is more intelligent than her mother.
My brother likes to watch boxing.
The waiter gave his tip to me.
He likes to eat noodles. it’s his favourite food.
Answer
The drake dived into the water.
The bride groom was dressed up into white colour.
we worshipped the goddess in the temple.
The lioness caught a lamb.
The husband of this lady is an actor.
The father cooks breakfast for her daughter.
The boy is more intelligent than his father.
My sister likes to watch boxing.
The waitress gave her tip to me.
she likes to eat noodles. it’s her favourite food.
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