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Noun & Its Types

Nouns are naming words that refer to people, places, things, qualities, or ideas. There are different types of nouns including common nouns, proper nouns, abstract nouns, concrete nouns, countable nouns, uncountable nouns, compound nouns, collective nouns, singular nouns, plural nouns, verbal nouns, and possessive nouns formed with 's. Nouns can be further classified based on whether they refer to people, places, objects, substances, qualities, actions, or measures.

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Noun & Its Types

Nouns are naming words that refer to people, places, things, qualities, or ideas. There are different types of nouns including common nouns, proper nouns, abstract nouns, concrete nouns, countable nouns, uncountable nouns, compound nouns, collective nouns, singular nouns, plural nouns, verbal nouns, and possessive nouns formed with 's. Nouns can be further classified based on whether they refer to people, places, objects, substances, qualities, actions, or measures.

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What is a noun?

Nouns are naming words. Everything we see or are able to talk


about is represented by a word which names it - that word is
called a 'noun'. There are names for people, animals, places,
objects, substances, qualities, actions and measures.
Definition:

 Nouns are words that name people, places, things, or ideas.



Examples:
 Names of people:
 Soldier ,Ali, cousin  
  Names for animals:
 Rat ,zebra  lion.
  Names for places:
 House - London - factory - shelter  
  Names for objects:
 Table - frame - printer - chisel
  Names for substances:
 Lead - nitrogen - water - ice
  Names for qualities:
 Kindness - beauty - bravery - wealth - faith
  Names for actions:
 Rowing - cooking - barking - reading - listening
  Names for measures:
 Month - inch - day - pound - ounce
TYPES OF NOUNS

 Common nouns: Common nouns refer to general,


unspecific categories of entities. These nouns name
general, nonspecific people, places, things, or ideas.
They start with a lowercase letter unless they begin a
sentence.
 Example:
 Writer , city, park, religion
 Proper nouns: Proper nouns are nouns that refer to
specific entities. These nouns  name specific people,
places, things, or ideas. They always start with a capital
letter.
 Example:
 Ahmad,Lahore, Paris, Disneyland, Christianity
 Abstract nouns: These are the opposite of concrete.
They name something that you cannot perceive with
your five senses - something that does not physically
exist.
 Example:
 Happiness, freedom,  love ,hate, Islam ,Christianity
Material Noun

 a noun that refers to a material or substance from


which things are made such as silver, gold, iron, cotton,
diamond and plastic. 
 Concrete nouns: These name something that you can
perceive with your five senses - something that
physically exists. These nouns that can be touched,
smelled, seen, felt, or tasted.
 Example :
  Steak, table, dog, cat, chocolate, Saima, Azhar,Maria,
salt, and wool are all examples of concrete nouns.
 Countable nouns: These can be counted, and they use
both the singular and the plural forms. Anything that
you can make plural is a countable noun.
Ex.clock/clocks, poem/poems Uncountable
nouns: These  cannot be counted. Since they cannot be
counted, they only use the singular form.
 milk, rice, water
 Compound nouns: Compound nouns are nouns made up
of two or more words. Some compound nouns are
hyphenated. (This is covered in the lesson Hyphens in
Compound Nouns.)
 Mother-in-law, Board of members, Court-martial,Paper-
clip
 Collective Nouns:
  Collective nouns are the words used for a group of
people or things.
 Examples:
 Choir,Team,Jury,Shoal,Cabinet
 Singular nouns : These refer to one person, place,
thing, or idea.
 box, face, road, ball
 • Plural nouns: These refer to more than one person,
place, thing, or idea. They generally end in with
 an s.
 Example:
 Boxes, faces, roads, balls
 Verbal Nouns
 Verbal nouns are formed from verbs. They are a type of
common noun.
 I love swimming.
 ("swimming" - the name of an activity; it is formed from
the verb 'to swim'.)
 Deep thinking is required to solve this problem.
 ("thinking" - the name of an activity; it is formed from
the verb 'to think'.)
 Possessive 's
 Adding 's or ' to show possession.
 Ali's car, my parents' house

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