noun

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SUBMITTED BY:Deepak Kansara

BCA I yr

NOUN• It is a part of speech

• Typically denotes:THING

IDEA

PLACE

EXAMPLESPERSON

A noun can name a person by name:

MANJU ROHAN Mrs. Singh

A noun can name a kind of a person:

STUDENTTEACHER

Place A noun can name a place:

AGRA DELHI UDAIPUR

EXAMPLES

A noun can name a kind of place:

CLASSROOM HOME

PARK

thing A noun can name a thing:

EXAMPLES

PLAYSTATION

NOKIA LUMIA

520

A noun can name a kind of thing:

BURGER MOBILE

IdeaEXAMPLES

Some nouns don’t name objects-they name ideas…SUCH AS:

LOVE

FREEDOM

NOUN

Proper

noun

Common

noun

Collective

Noun

Material

noun

Countable Uncountable

Abstract Noun Concrete noun

Abstract noun

An abstract noun is a type of noun that refers to something with which a person cannot physically interact. A noun that is abstract is an aspect, concept, idea, experience, state of being, trait, quality, feeling, or other entity that cannot be experienced with the five senses.

EXAMPLE

Love

Dream Education

Honesty

CONCRETE nounObjects and substances that can be experienced

through our senses are referred to as concrete

nouns. That means we can touch, feel, smell, taste or

hear them.

EXAMPLES

Rain

Flowers

Animals

Cookies

Concrete nouns are further

classified as--

Proper noun

Common noun

Material noun

Collective noun

1) it will name a specific [usually a one-

of-a-kind] person,palce or thing.

2) it will begin with a capital letter

no matter where it occurs in

a sentence.

PROPER noun

EXAMPLE

Taj Mahal Deepak UDAIPUR

COmmonnoun1) Common Nouns are any person,place, or

thing.

2) Common nouns are not capitalized.

EXAMPLE

The city A

policemanThat newspaper

COMMON NOUN

COUNTABLE NOUN UNCOUNTABLE NOUN

A countable noun is a

noun with both singular

and plural form.

It names anything that

can be counted

Example:

Bear(bears),

tooth(teeth),

man(men),

grass(grasses)

Uncountable nouns are

substance , concept etc

that we cannot divide into

separate elements.

It names anything that

cannot be counted.

Example:

Money,Music,

Furniture,

Rice etc

Material nounA material noun is a word for a material, a

substance, or an ingredient that other things

are made from.

EXAMPLES

EGG

BRASS CALSIUM

CEMENT

collective nounIt is the name of a number (or collection) of

people or things taken together and spoken of as

one whole. For example,

A pride of lion

An army of soldiers

A band of musicians

A gang of thieves

A team of players

NUMBER OF NOUNnoun-number

SINGULAR PLURAL

When we speak about

one person & thing,we

use noun in singular form

When we speak about more than one person &

thing,we use noun in

pluralr form

EXAMPLE:

Momento

Glass

Man etc

EXAMPLE:

Momentos

Glasses

Men

GENDER OF NOUN

The gender form of noun determines

wheather the object is masculine or

feminine or common or neuter.

EXAMPLE:

MASCULINE FEMININE

prince princess

fox vixen

bull cow

(cat)tomcat tobby

lion lioness

GENDER OF NOUN

COMMON

GENDERBABYlawyer

Teacher

NEUTER

GENDERChair Book

Street