A noun is a word used as the name of a person, place or thing.
Note: The word thing is used to mean anything that we can think of.
Look at the following sentence:
Asoka was a wise king.
The noun Asoka refers ta a particular king, but the noun king might be applied to any other king as well as to Asoka. We call Asoka a Proper Noun, and king a Common Noun.
Similarly:
Sita is a Proper Noun, while girl is a Common Noun.
Hari is a Proper Noun, while boy is a Common Noun.
The word girl is a Common Noun, because it is a name common to all girls, while Sita is a Proper Noun because it is the name of a Particular girl.
Kinds of Noun:
There are five kinds of Noun
1) A Common Noun is a name given in common to every person or thing of the same class or kind.[Common here means shared by all].
2) A Proper Noun is the name of some particular person or place [Proper means one's own. Hence a Proper Name is a person's own name.]
Proper Nouns are always written with a capital letter at the beginning.
Proper Nouns are sometimes used as Common Nouns;as,
He was the Lukman (=the wisest man) of his age.
kalidas is often called the Shakespeare(= the greatest dramatist) of India.
3) Collective Noun is the name of a number (or collection) of persons or things taken together and spoken of as one whole;as,
Crowd, mob, team, flock, herd, army, fleet, jury, family, nation, parliament, committee.
A fleet = a collection of ships or vessels.
An army = a collection of soldiers.
A crowd = a collection of people.
4) Material Noun is the name of those things from which other things can made;as,
This wall is made of stone.
My ring is made of silver.
Bread is made of flour.
His shirt is made of cotton.
Note-- Before these nouns no article is used.
5) Abstract Noun is usually the name of a quality, action, or state considered apart from the object to which it belongs;as
Quality-- Goodness, kindness, whiteness, darkness, hardness, brightness, honesty, wisdom, bravery.
Action-- Laughter, theft, movement, judgement, hatred.
State-- Childhood, boyhood, youth, slavery, sleep, sickness, death, poverty.
Nouns are also classified as Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Note: The word thing is used to mean anything that we can think of.
Look at the following sentence:
Asoka was a wise king.
The noun Asoka refers ta a particular king, but the noun king might be applied to any other king as well as to Asoka. We call Asoka a Proper Noun, and king a Common Noun.
Similarly:
Sita is a Proper Noun, while girl is a Common Noun.
Hari is a Proper Noun, while boy is a Common Noun.
The word girl is a Common Noun, because it is a name common to all girls, while Sita is a Proper Noun because it is the name of a Particular girl.
Kinds of Noun:
There are five kinds of Noun
1) A Common Noun is a name given in common to every person or thing of the same class or kind.[Common here means shared by all].
2) A Proper Noun is the name of some particular person or place [Proper means one's own. Hence a Proper Name is a person's own name.]
Proper Nouns are always written with a capital letter at the beginning.
Proper Nouns are sometimes used as Common Nouns;as,
He was the Lukman (=the wisest man) of his age.
kalidas is often called the Shakespeare(= the greatest dramatist) of India.
3) Collective Noun is the name of a number (or collection) of persons or things taken together and spoken of as one whole;as,
Crowd, mob, team, flock, herd, army, fleet, jury, family, nation, parliament, committee.
A fleet = a collection of ships or vessels.
An army = a collection of soldiers.
A crowd = a collection of people.
4) Material Noun is the name of those things from which other things can made;as,
This wall is made of stone.
My ring is made of silver.
Bread is made of flour.
His shirt is made of cotton.
Note-- Before these nouns no article is used.
5) Abstract Noun is usually the name of a quality, action, or state considered apart from the object to which it belongs;as
Quality-- Goodness, kindness, whiteness, darkness, hardness, brightness, honesty, wisdom, bravery.
Action-- Laughter, theft, movement, judgement, hatred.
State-- Childhood, boyhood, youth, slavery, sleep, sickness, death, poverty.
Nouns are also classified as Countable and Uncountable Nouns
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