Types of Noun
How many types of Noun?
In previous lesson we have learned that A noun is a word used for a person, place, thing, creature or idea.
Proper Noun
Names of people or places such as your name, your friend’s name, your parents’ name or the name of your town and country are special naming words. These words are called proper nouns. Special naming words or proper nouns always always begin with a capital letter. (Theidioms.com)
Names of the person or places or animals or town or city or country are special naming words. These are called Proper Noun. Proper Noun always begins with a capital letter.
Example:
Name of Person: Jamal, Kalam, Abul, Sahil, Samar, Qamar
Name of the Place: Kolkata, Dhanbad, Delhi, Durgapur
Name of the Day: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday
Name of the month: January, March, April, October
Name of the Mountain: Himalaya, Nangaparbat, Nilgiri,
Name of the river: Ganga, Jamuna, Godavri, Amazon, Nile
Common
Noun
Common nouns are naming words that are common to
people, places, things and animals etc. Common nouns do not define any
particular person, place or thing. They are general names. So, they are not
capitalized unless they begin a sentence.
Example
Name of person: boy, friend, doctor,brother, sister,woman
Name of place: village, school, road,building, house
Name of animals: dog cat, lion, cow, ox, monkey tiger, pigion
Material Noun
It is the name of material from which different things can be made
Example
water, air, Silver, gold, iron, Copper, Coal, sunlight, Rain, Earth, salt, eggs, meat, honey, milk, silk, leather, wool, food, oil, wood, coffee, medicine, tea, rubber, perfume, cheese, brick, cement, butter, cloth.
Collective Noun
A collective noun is a word that refers to a
group. Collective nouns are singular in form but plural in sense. For
purposes of agreement, collective nouns can be singular or plural, depending on
how they are used in a sentence.
Collective nouns used as
one unit take a singular verb; collective nouns that indicate many units take a
plural verb.
Common Collective Nouns
Used for People.
A band
of musicians
A board
of directors
A choir
of singers
A class
of students
A crowd
of people
A gang
of thieves
A pack
of thieves
A panel
of experts
A team
of players
A troupe
of dancers.
Common Collective
Nouns Used for Animals
An army
of ants
A flock
of birds
A flock
of sheep
A herd
of deer
A hive
of bees
A litter
of puppies
A murder
of crows
A pack
of hounds
A pack
of wolves
A school
of fish
A swarm
of locusts
A team
of horses
A pride
of lions.
Common Collective Nouns
Used for Things
A
bouquet of flowers
A bunch
of flowers
A fleet
of ships
A forest
of trees
A galaxy
of stars
A pack
of cards
A pack
of lies
A pair
of shoes
A range
of mountains
A wad of
notes
Abstract Noun
Abstract nouns are nouns that cannot be touched or seen. These are intangible things. They can be a feeling or a thought or even a quality. Abstract nouns are always treated as singular.
Abstract Noun showing Emotions/Feeling/ States/ Attributes
Love, Hate, Anger, Peace, Pride, Sympathy, Creativity, Freedom, Beauty, Honesty, Happiness, Bravery, Loyalty, Integrity, Compassion, Charity, Success, Courage, Deceit, Skill, Beauty, Brilliance, Pain, Misery.
Abstract Noun Showing Ideas/Concepts/Ideals
Belief, Dream, Justice, Truth, Faith, Liberty, Knowledge, Thought, Information, Culture, Trust, Dedication.
Abstract Noun showing Movements/Events
Progress, Education,
Hospitality, Leisure, Trouble, Friendship, Relaxation.
Countable Nouns
Countable nouns are nouns that can be counted. They have a singular and a plural form and can be used with a number.
Examples: car,
cars, desk, desks, cup, cups, house, houses, bike, bikes, eye,
eyes, butterfly, butterflies.
Uncountable Nouns
Uncountable nouns are nouns that cannot be counted. Therefore, they only have a singular form. They have no plural forms. These words are thought of as wholes rather than as parts. These are sometimes called Mass Nouns.
Substances: paper, wood, plastic, hair, mud, grass
Liquids: milk, oil, juice, water, mixture,
Gases: air, oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen
Abstract ideas: happiness, sorrow, time, information.