Nouns
Naming words can be determined as
nouns. Nouns are the names which are given to people, objects, feelings,
places, ideas etc.
Examples : man,
Atlantic, wealth, bird, cat, milk, eyeglasses, bunch, baby, my book.
Types of nouns
There are two main types of noun which are
given below :
Proper Nouns :-
Proper
nouns are generally referred to specific people and places.
E.g :- Sun, London, Andrew.
Common Nouns :-
As proper nouns are referred to
specific people, common nouns are referred to
less specific people, places, feelings.
E.g :- city, country, happiness, man
Commons
nouns can also be divided into three types which are given below :
Concrete Nouns :-
The
things which have physical existence and which can be seen and felt, are called
concrete nouns.
E.g :- hand, house, photograph, flowers
Abstract Nouns :-
The things which don’t have physical existence are referred
as Abstract Nouns.
E.g : feelings, friendship, love, communication
Collective Nouns :-
Groups of people, animals or objects can be categorized as
collective nouns.
E.g :- Team, Family,Band.
Some Other types of Nouns
Countable Nouns :-
Countable nouns are the nouns which can be
counted.
E.g :- Bed, Pen, Fingers
UnCountable Nouns :-
UnCountable nouns are the nouns which can’t be counted.
E.g :- food,
water.
Compound Nouns :-
Compound nouns are the nouns which are made up of two or
more words.
E.g :- Photograpgh, Sunlight.
Singular Nouns :
These are belong to name of a person, a thing or a place.
E.g:- boy, train, cat.
Plural Nouns:-
These are belong to names of more than one person, things or places.
E.g :- cats, babies
Possessive Nouns:-
Nouns which shows
possession are termed as Possessive Nouns.
E.g :- My car, Teacher’s book
