THE NOUN

 

 THE NOUN: The name of a person, place or thing is called a Noun Or The Noun is a naming word.

e.g.: Rahul, Hyderabad, pen etc.

 

CLASSIFICATION/TYPES OF NOUNS.

 

Nouns are classified into 5 types

They are : –

 

1. Common Nouns
2. Proper Nouns
3. Collective Nouns
4. Material Nouns
5. Abstract Nouns

 

1. COMMON NOUNS:

The names of common things are called Common Nouns.

e.g.: Pencil, house, bench, paper, girl etc.

 

Common Nouns are further divided into two types:

1. Countable Nouns 2. Uncountable Nouns

 

1. Countable Nouns: The Nouns which can be used in the plural. Countable nouns can be either singular or plural. Plurals are usually formed by adding-s to a singular countable noun.
   1. Boy – boys Notice – notices Book – books

 

1. Uncountable Nouns: The Nouns which cannot be used in the plural.
   1. e.g.: cash, clothing, courage, furniture, information, news, leisure, pollution, sunshine, violence etc.
   2. PROPER NOUNS:

                        The names of Persons and Places are called Proper Nouns.

e.g.: Rahul, Rani, Hyderabad, India etc.

2. PROPER NOUNS:

                        The names of Persons and Places are called Proper Nouns.

e.g.: Rahul, Rani, Hyderabad, India etc.

3. COLLECTIVE NOUNS:

Collective Nouns are the name of a number of persons or things taken together.

e.g.: Family, team, parliament, bouquet, nation, army etc.

4. MATERIAL NOUNS:

The names of Material are called material noun.

e.g.: Gold, Silver, Steel etc.

5. ABSTRACT NOUNS:

            The names of Qualities, State and Action are called Abstract Noun.

e.g.: QUALITY: Honesty  is a best policy. Innocence is found in Kids.

  STATE: Judgement, laughter, theft etc.

ACTION: Youth, Childhood, slavery, poverty etc.

 

GENDER

The Gender of a noun indicates the sex or the absence of sex. The different genders are :-

1. Masculine Gender : A Noun that denotes MALE SEX is called Masculine Gender.

e.g.: boy, Lion, Bull, Dog etc.

 

2. FEMININE GENDER: A noun that denotes FEMALE SEX is called Feminine Gender.

e.g.: girl, Lioness, cow etc.

 

3. COMMON GENDER: A noun that denotes either a male or a female sex is called Common Gender.

e.g.: child, servant, neighbor, cousin, student etc.

 

4. NEUTER GENDER: A noun that denotes a lifeless thing is called Neuter Gender (Neither Male/Female).

e.g.:  Pen, books, table etc.