What is Noun and its types with examples?
What is Noun
It is the name of any person , place or thing.
For example:-
- Amrit is a good person.
- Khilji was a brave king.
Here “Amrit” and “Khilji” is the name of person which means it is proper noun . The words “person” and “king” refers to noun which can be used for any king or person so these are common noun. For example:- Jiwan is a very handsome boy. Here “jiwan” is proper noun and “Boy” is a common noun.
What is Noun and its types with examples?
Types of noun with example
COMMON NOUN:- It is the name which can be given to any person or thing.
PROPER NOUN:– It is person or thing own name.
COLLECTIVE NOUN:- When group of persons or things are taken together and to specify them in one word we use collective noun.
For example:- crowd , class, mob, team, cattle, family, army, police, jury, fleet, herd, flock, nation, parliament, etc. For example:- Cattle are grazing in the field. ABSTRACT NOUN:- It is the name given to quality, action, or state of some person or thing.
When we talk about quality it includes noun like honesty, bravery, goodness, kindness, brittleness, darkness, brightness, sharpness, strong, beautiful etc. When we talk about action it includes noun like runner, laughter, theft, movement, hatred, etc. When we talk about state it include noun like childhood, boyhood, youth, old, slavery, poverty, stagnant, sleep, etc.
Abstract noun are formed from adjectives, verbs, common nouns as given below:- kindness from kind, honesty from honest, bravely from brave, beautiful from beauty, goodness from good, growth from grow, obedience from obey, childhood from child, slavery from slave. COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS:- Names of the things or people that we can count are countable.
for example:- bag, boy, sister, pen, books, mobile, wire, bed, chair, table , etc. while the names of things or people that we cannot count are uncountable nouns. for example:- water, milk, sugar, gold, silver, petrol, diesel, honesty, goodness, kindness, iron, etc.
ON GENDER BASIS:- In this noun is used differently for different gender. There are two types of living beings one is male and other is female.
Masculine gender denotes male. It shows strength and violence. Feminine gender denotes female. It remarks for beauty, gentleness and gracefulness. for example:- boy- girl, horse-mare, dog- bitch, lion-lioness, etc. The noun which resembles neither man or women is called as neuter gender.
for example:- bag, tea, tree, plant, pen, book, bed, chair, table, etc. ON NUMBER BASIS:- These are classified as singular number and plural number. Singular number is that noun which denotes one person or thing while plural number is that noun which denotes more than one person.
