WHAT IS NOUN?

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A Noun refers to a place, person, thing, or concept.

  1. Common Noun
  2. Proper Noun
  3. Singular Noun
  4. Plural Noun
  5. Possessive Noun
  6. Abstract Noun
  7. Collective Noun
  8. Compound Noun
  1. COMMON NOUN: A common noun is a type of noun that refers to a general, non-specific person, place, thing, or idea. Unlike proper nouns, which refer to specific people, places, or brands, common nouns are more general and can refer to any member of a particular class or category. Here are examples of common nouns:

    Person: teacher, doctor, student
    Place: city, country, park
    Thing: book, table, car
    Idea/concept:     happiness, freedom, democracy
    Common nouns are not capitalized, unless they start a sentence or are part of a proper name. For example, in the sentence “The teacher read a book in the park”, the common nouns are “teacher”, “book” and “park”.
  2. PROPER NOUN: A Proper Noun is a specific name used to identify a unique person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are always captialized regardless of where they appear in a sentence. Proper nouns contrast with common nouns, which refer to general items rather than specific ones. Here are some examples of proper nouns
    • Person:
      • John Smith
      • Mary Johnson
      • Albert Einstein
    • India:
      • Japan
      • Russia
    • Organization:
      • Google
      • ISRO
      • SHAR
    • Event:
      • World war-1
      • World war-2
      • Grammy
    • Titles:
      • “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”
      • “The Mona Lisa”
      • “Romeo ang Juliet”
    • Days and Months:
      • Monday
      • January
      • July
    • Holidays:
      • Christmas
      • Good Friday
      • Independence Day.
  3. SINGULAR NOUN: A single noun refers to one person, place, thing, or idea. It is a noun form that means only one object or entity. Here are some examples of singular nouns:
    • Dog
    • Book
    • Chair
    • Car
    • Tree
  4. PLURAL NOUN: A plural noun is a word that refers to more than one person, place, thing, or idea. Plural nouns are usually formed by adding -s or -es to the end of the singular noun, although there are several rules for forming the plural depending on the spelling and ending of the noun. Here are examples of plural nouns:.
    • Dogs
    • Pens
    • Books
    • Students
    • Trees
  5. POSSESSIVE NOUN: A possessive noun indicates that someone owns or owns something. In English, possessive nouns are formed by adding an apostrophe (‘) and “s” (‘s) to the end of a singular noun, or simply an apostrophe (‘) to the end of a plural noun that already ends in “s”. .” Here are some examples of possessive nouns:
    • The dog’s bone(the bone belonging to the dog)
    • The Children’s toys(the toys belonging to children)
    • Jin’s house(the house belonging to jin)
    • The teacher’s desk(the desk belonging to the teacher)
    • The cat’s whiskers(the whiskers of the cat)
  6. ABSTRACT NOUN: An abstract noun refers to a concept, idea, quality, or state that cannot be perceived by the five senses. These nouns refer to things that are intangible or exist in thoughts or feelings rather than in physical form. Here are examples of abstract nouns:
    • Love- an emotion or felling of deep affection
    • Happiness – a state of being joyful or content
    • Wisdom – the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgement
    • Kindness- the quality of being in accordance with fact or reality
    • Beauty- a combination of qualities that pleases the aesthetic senses
  7. COLLECTIVE NOUN: A Collective Noun is a word used to represent a group of people, animals, or things as a single entity. Instead of referring to individuals seperately, collective nouns describe a collection or group as a whole. Here are some examples of collective nouns.
    • Team – a team of players
    • Pack – a pack of wolves
    • Army- an army of soldiers
    • Hive – a hive of bees
    • Crowd – a crowd of people
  8. COMPOUND NOUN: A compound noun is formed by combining two or more words to form a noun with a particular meaning. These words can be joined, hyphenated or written separately. Compound nouns can consist of two nouns, a noun and an adjective, a noun and a verb, or other combinations. Here are examples of compound nouns:
    • Basketball – composed of “basket” and”ball”
    • Bookshelf – composed of “book” and “shelf”
    • Airplane – composed of “air” and “plane”
    • Toothpaste – composed of “tooth” and “paste”
    • Lighthouse – composed of “light” and “house”

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