What is a noun?
A noun is a naming word. Or
A noun is the name of everything.
Everything in this world has a name. We can’t talk about anything without its name, so definitely everything in this universe having a name belongs to a noun.
Definition of noun
A noun is a word used to name a person, place, thing, or idea.
Or
A noun is the name of a person place thing animal or idea.
A noun is one of the most important words you use when speaking and writing.
Examples
John (Person)
Boy
Man
Doctor
Teacher
Son
Airport (Place)
Room
Kitchen
Market
Road
School
Fox (Animal)
Dog
Elephant
Tiger
Bear
Pigeon
Book (Thing)
Car
Fan
Box
Chair
Flower
Thought (Idea)
Love
Hate
Wealth
Power
Weakness
Noun in sentences
John is my best friend.
Fox is a clever animal.
The airport is near this road.
The book is on the table.
I like flowers.
Women love shopping.
Cupcakes are delicious to eat.
Types of noun
The different types of nouns are following
- Common noun
- Proper noun
- Countable noun
- Uncountable noun
- Collective noun
- Abstract noun
- Concrete noun
- Compound noun
Common noun
Nouns that are used to name general people, places, things, and animals are known as common nouns.
A common noun, also known as a generic noun, is the polar opposite of a proper noun.
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Examples of a common noun
Man
Woman
Nurse
Girl
Boy
Daughter
Station
Hospital
College
Home
Shop
Hotel
Book
Bike
Pencil
Bed
Light
Cloth
Cat
Mouse
Hen
Sparrow
Monkey
Fish
The common noun in sentences
He is a good man.
There are three stations in my town.
This is my book.
That is a cat.
She is a nurse.
He bought some blue cloth.
Proper noun
Nouns that are used to name specific people places things and animals are known as proper nouns.
A proper noun is a name that is often capitalized and refers to a particular person, location, or object.
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Examples of a proper noun
Ricky
Jim
Alison
Sabrina
Emma
Ellen
Cantt station
K.F.C
Pizza Hut
MacDonald’s
Dubai
Australia
English language book
Jupiter
Dollar
Mano cat
Simba
Grumpy cat
Bulldog
The proper noun in sentences
Ricky is a good boy.
He went to the Cantt station.
It is my English book.
My cat’s name is Mano.
Dr. Sam is a surgeon.
She went to McDonald’s.
Countable noun
The countable noun refers to things animal or people that can be counted.
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Examples of a countable noun
Two sisters
Three rooms
Five juice bottles
Two camels
Four sandwiches
Five buns
An orange
Six windows
Eight boats
Five rings
Six carrots
Two strawberries
The countable noun in sentences
I have two sisters.
My house has three rooms.
I buy five juice bottles.
I saw two camels.
I ate three mangoes.
They have two cars.
Uncountable noun
The uncountable noun refers to nouns that can not be counted.
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Examples of an uncountable noun
Milk
Sugar
Oil
Water
Juice
Rice
Salt
Meat
Soup
Honey
Flour
Cheese
Tea
Cereals
Jam
Coffee
Butter
Bread
Chocolate
An uncountable noun in sentences
There is some milk in the fridge.
We don’t have any more sugar.
I use only a little cooking oil.
We have little water.
She drinks a lot of coffee.
We have some work.
Collective noun
A collective noun refers to a group of people, places, things, and animals.
Both plural and singular collective nouns exist. Americans, on the other hand, tend to use collective nouns as singulars, although in other parts of the world, both usages are right.
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Examples of collective noun
A Class of students
A Museum of Art
A Comb of bananas
A Swarm of Bees
A Pack of cards
A Library of books
A team of players
A pluck of sheep
A string of pearl
A herd of cattle
The collective noun in sentences
It is a class of students.
We went to the Museum of Art.
She eats a comb of bananas.
I saw a swarm of bees.
Their team won the match.
They saw a herd of cattle.
Abstract noun
A noun refers to an intangible concept such as an emotion, a feeling, a quality, or an idea that you can not see, hear, touch, taste, or smell.
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Examples of abstract noun
Hate
Love
Weakness
Success
Hope
Hurt
Need
Skill
Pain
Sorrow
Anger
Growth
Power
Trust
Comport
Goal
Life
Luck
Belief
Freedom
An abstract noun in sentences
I hate rude people.
I love my mother.
She felt weakness.
I felt happy for his success.
I trust you.
Life is wonderful.
Concrete noun
The opposite of an abstract noun is a concrete noun.
A concrete noun refers to a noun that you can experience or see, hear, touch, taste, or smell.
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Examples of a concrete noun
Singer
Lawyer
Father
Student
Mobile
Door
Egg
Apple
Sweets
Home
State
Ship
Plant
Coin
Bat
Restaurant
Pen
Parrot
Burger
Potato
Melon
The concrete noun in sentences
My favorite singer is Jimmy.
It is my favorite restaurant.
I like to buy a pen for my best friend.
We have a parrot.
It is our home.
We are going to the restaurant.
Compound noun
The majority of English compound nouns are phrases made up of a noun and adjectives or another noun. They’re usually made up of more than two other terms that can be joined together at the same time.
Compound Nouns: Idiomatic compound nouns are formed when two or three nouns, or even other parts of speech, occur together. Idiomatic means that the nouns function as a unit and add up to more than the sum of their parts, to a lesser or greater extent.
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Examples of a compound noun
sister-in-law
Bus Stop
Software
Policeman
Bedroom
Bathroom
Cupboard
Homework
Password
Daydream
Outside
Nobody
Haircut
Outside
Sunshine
Toolbar
Seashore
Breakfast
Lifetime
Grandfather
The compound noun in sentences
She is my sister-in-law
We met at the bus stop.
I use design software to design my post.
The policeman caught the thief.
My grandfather is great.
We met at the bus stop.
Possessive noun
It is the type of noun that shows a person or animal owns or has something.
It shows ownership.
We make possessive nouns by adding ‘s to a noun.
Examples of possessive noun
Cat’s house
Truck’s engine
Brother’s room
Kim’s pen
My grandmother’s bag
Hen’s chick
Kid’s toys
School’s backyard
Daffodil’s flower
Eagle’s eyes
Possessive nouns in sentences
It is my cat’s house.
Daffodil’s flowers are extremely beautiful.
We play in our school’s backyard.
It is not my pen, it is Kim’s pen.
My brother’s room is very massive.
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