Noun and its types
In English grammar nouns are the basic building blocks of sentences.
Definition: Noun is a term used to refer a person, animal, place idea or emotion.
Examples : Diana, cat, America, courage, hate.
Noun simply called as naming word.
Types of Noun :
There are 8 types of noun. They are
1. Proper noun
2. Common noun
3. Abstract noun
4. Concrete noun
5. Countable noun
6. Non – Countable noun
7. Collective noun
8. Compound noun
Proper Noun:
A proper
noun is a name referring only to a single person, place, or thing. There is no
common name for it. A proper noun always begins with capital letters.
Examples: Diana, India
Common Noun:
A common noun is the name
of something that is common for many things, places, people, etc.
Examples : cat, country
Abstract Noun:
An abstract noun is the type of noun that you
cannot see, touch, or directly experience through your senses. There is no
physical existence for it.
Examples: friendship, sorrow
Concrete noun:
Concrete
noun is the opposite of abstract noun. These nouns have physical existence.
Examples: Table, shoe, bucket.
Countable Noun:
The nouns
that can be counted are called as countable nouns.
Examples: One chair, two eyes.
Non countable noun:
The nouns that cannot be counted are called as non-countable
nouns. Abstract nouns and proper nouns are always non-countable nouns. But
common nouns and concrete nouns can be both countable
and non countable.
Collective Noun:
Collective noun is a word for a group of things, animals,
people etc
Examples: Team, Cattle, Family.
Compound Noun:
A compound noun is a noun made by putting two or more words together to act as one noun. They may be written as one word, like snowfall.
They may be written ashyphenated words, like daughter-in-law.
They may be written as separate words, like ice cream.
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