Nouns

Content for The Class : Content for The Class The Noun: Kinds of Noun The Noun: Gender The Noun: Number The Noun: Case The Noun Phrase The Noun Clauses

Noun : Noun Definition: A Noun is a word used as the name of the person, place, or thing; as, Alexander was a great king. Kolkata is on the Hooghly. The rose smells sweet. The sun shines bright. His courage won him honour. Note:-The word thing include, All objects that we can see, hear, taste, touch, or smell; Something that we can think of, but cannot perceive by the senses.

The Noun: Kinds of Nouns : The Noun: Kinds of Nouns Nouns are of five kinds: Proper Noun Common Noun Collective Noun Abstract Noun Lets understand Proper Noun and Common Noun from the example: Asoka was a wise King. The noun Asoka refers to 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: Sierra is a Proper Noun, while girl is a Common Noun. George is a Proper Noun, while boy is a Common Noun. London is a Proper Noun, while city is a Common Noun. India is a Proper Noun, while country is a Common Noun.

Def:- 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.)Def:- 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.) : Def:- 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.)Def:- 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.) Note 1- Proper Nouns are always written with a capital letter at the beginning. Note 2- 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.

Common Noun Include what are called Collective Nouns and Abstract Nouns. : Common Noun Include what are called Collective Nouns and Abstract Nouns. A 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 The police dispersed the crowd. The French army was defeated at Waterloo. The jury found the prisoner guilty. A herd of cattle is passing.

Common Noun Include what are called Collective Nouns and Abstract Nouns. : Common Noun Include what are called Collective Nouns and Abstract Nouns. An 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, judgment, hatred. State- Childhood, boyhood, youth, slavery, sleep, sickness, death, poverty. The name of the Arts and Sciences (e.g. Grammar, music, chemistry, etc.) are also Abstract Nouns. { We can speak of a brave soldier, a strong man, a beautiful flower. But we can also think of these qualities apart from any particular person or thing, and speak of bravery, strength, beauty by themselves. So also we can speak of what persons do or feel apart from the persons themselves. And give it a name. The word abstract means drawn off.}

Abstract Noun : Abstract Noun Abstract Nouns are formed; as, From Adjectives; as, Kindness from Kind; honesty from honest. [ most abstract nouns are formed thus.] 2. From Verbs; as, Obedience from obey; growth from grow. 3. From Common Nouns; as, Childhood from child; slavery from slave.

Countable Nouns and Uncountable Nouns : Countable Nouns and Uncountable Nouns Countable nouns are the names of objects, people, etc. that we can count, e.g., book, pen, apple, boy, sister, doctor, horse. Uncountable Nouns are the names of the things which we cannot count, e.g., milk, oil, sugar, gold, honesty. They mainly denote substances and abstract things. Countable nouns have plural forms while uncountable nouns do not. For example, we say “books” but we cannot say “milks”.

Exercise-1 : Exercise-1 Put out the Nouns in the following sentences, and say whether they are Common,Proper, Collective or Abstract- The crowd was very big. Always speak the truth. We all love honesty. Our class consists of twenty pupils. Solomon was famous for his wisdom. Cleanliness is next to godliness We saw a fleet of ships in the harbor. The class is studying grammar. The Nile overflows its banks every year. The elephant has great strength.

Exercise-2 : Exercise-2 Write the Collective Nouns used to describe a number of Cattle Soldiers Sailors Write the qualities that belongs to boys who are Lazy Cruel Brave Foolish

Exercise-3 : Exercise-3 I. Form Abstract Noun from the following Adjectives: Long, young, cruel, deep, human. II. Form Abstract Noun from the following Verbs: Laugh, serve, think, choose, punish. III. Form the abstract Noun from the following Common Noun: Man, owner, agent, coward, pilgrim.