Noun:
The noun is the name of a thing, place, person, animal, or thing.
Lets discuss the types of noun in detail
1. Common Noun:
General names for people, animals, things, or object that belongs to a common group is known as common noun.
Examples:
- She is a good girl.
girl is a common noun. - I bought a pen yesterday.
pen is a common thing. - We are going to school.
school is a commonplace.
2. Proper Noun:
A proper noun is a specific name given to a person, place, or thing
Examples:
- Jawahar Lal Nehru is the first Prime Minister of India.
In this sentence the name, Jawahar Lal Nehru is a proper noun. - I love my pet dog Veera.
In this sentence the name of the dog-Veera is the proper noun.
Chennai is my hometown.
In this sentence the name Chennai is a proper noun.
Note:
A proper noun always begins with a capital letter.
3. Collective Noun:
A collective noun is a naming word that denotes people, animals, or things in a group.
Examples:
- Collective Noun for a group of animals:
A flock of birds.
A herd of sheep.
A school of fish. - Collective Noun for a group of people:
A choir of singers.
A team of players.
A band of musicians. - Collective Noun for a group of things or objects:
A pair of shoes.
A bunch of grapes.
A deck of cards.
4. Abstract Noun:
An Abstract Noun denotes the quality, action, and state of a living being. It cannot be perceived by the five senses.
Examples:
Quality-Darkness, strong, brave.
Action-Laugh, cry, jump.
State-Youth, childhood, poverty.
5. Concrete Noun:
Objects that are in the form of material and can be perceived by sense is known as a concrete noun.
Examples:
- I had a cup of tea.
- Siva went to school by bus.
- The book is on the table.
(the words like book, table, cup, bus in the above sentence, are considered as a concrete noun).
6. Countable Noun:
Nouns that can be counted or measured come under countable noun
Examples
Aarav bought 10 chocolates for his friends.
I purchased a dozen of bangles for my sister.
(the words dozen and number 10 fall under countable nouns.)
- Uncountable Noun
Uncountable nouns are substances or things that cannot be counted separately.
Example
Asha colored her hair red
I don’t like to have more sugar in my tea.
(In the above sentences the words like hair, sugar cannot be counted separately).
So they are Uncountable nouns.