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    The document defines different types of nouns including proper nouns, common nouns, collective nouns, material nouns, and abstract nouns. It provides examples for each type and discusses how nouns can be countable or uncountable. The document also describes how to form abstract nouns from verbs, common nouns, and adjectives.

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    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 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN

    ▪ Things, places or people ▪ They can not be counted and


    that can be counted. do not have plural form.
    ▪ They can be singular or
    plural. ▪ e.g. silver can not be counted
    ▪ e.g. one, two, three or not can be written ‘silvers’.
    more books, toys etc.
    Examples: Common nouns like Examples: music, happiness, news,
    pen, brother, dog, cat, animal, rice, sugar, luggage, water, money,
    man, bottle, coin, cup etc. 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.

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