Noun And Its Types
The word or words used in the sentence that refer to the name of the person, animal, place or
thing are known as Noun.
It is probably the most widely used part of speech.
For Example :-
Person – a name for a person:- Ram, Shyam, Sita, etc.
Animal – a name for an animal:- Lion, tiger, etc.
Place – a name for a place: - Delhi, Patna, etc.
Thing – a name for a thing: - mobile, chair, etc.
Idea – A name for an idea: - devotion, happiness, etc.
Types Of Noun:-
Proper Noun
Common Noun
Abstract Noun
Concrete Noun
Countable Noun
Non-countable Noun
Collective Noun
Compound Noun
Proper Noun
A proper noun is a name which refers only to a single person, place, or thing and there is no common name for it.
In written English, a proper noun always begins with Capital Letter.
For Example
Delhi (it refers to only one particular city)
Krishna (it refers to a particular person)
India (there is no other country named India; this name is fixed for only one country).
Common Noun
A common noun is a noun that refers to general objects, people and animals where they don't have a specific names.
It encompasses a particular type of things, person, or places.
For Example :-
Boy (it can refer to any boy, nothing in particular)
Animal (it can refer to any animal like Lion, Cow etc. but nothing in particular).
Abstract Noun
An abstract noun is some-thing you cannot see,
touch, hear, smell, or taste.
It has no physical existence.
Generally, it refers to ideas, qualities, and conditions.
For Example:-
Truth, Happiness, Sorrow,
Time, Friendship, Humor, Patriotism, Lies, etc.
He is a good person.
Concrete Noun
A concrete noun is the exact opposite of abstract noun. It refers to the things we see and have physical existence.
For Example:-
chair, table, car, water, tree, etc.
Countable Noun
The nouns that can be counted are called countable nouns.
Countable nouns can take an article: a, an, the.
For Example:-
Book, Car, etc. (you can say1 book, 2 cars, – so chairs are countable)
Non-Countable Noun
The nouns that cannot be counted are called non
-countable nouns.
For Example :-
Water, sugar, oil, salt, etc. (you cannot say “1 salt, 2 salt, 3 salt” because salt is not countable)
Collective Noun
A collective noun is a word for a group of things, people, or animals, etc.
For Example:-
Family, Stars, cattle, etc.
Collective nouns can be both plural and singular. However, Americans prefer to use collective nouns as singular, but both of the uses are correct in other parts of the world.
Compound Noun
A compound noun is a noun that is made with two or more words. A compound noun is usually [noun + noun] or [adjective + noun], but there are other combinations also.
Each compound noun acts as a single unit and can be modified by adjectives and other nouns.
There are three forms for compound nouns:-
Open or Spaced - bus stop
Hyphenated - check-out
Closed or Solid - sunrise
Noun Case
Case of a noun tells us about the position of that noun in a sentence.
Depending on the use of the noun in a sentence, it can also be classified into one of the following cases:-
Nominative Case
Accusative Case
Possessive Case
Nominative Case
When a noun or a pronoun is used as a subject of a verb, it is in the Nominative Case.
Accusative Case
The noun is said to be in the Accusative Case, if it is used as the object of a verb in the sentence.
For Example :-
Ram drove the car.
The car was driven by Ram
Possessive Case
When the noun denotes ownership or possession it said to be in the Possessive
Case.
For Example :-
This is Ram's car.