“A noun is a word we use for the name of the person, place or things.”
Types of Nouns:
1. Proper Noun
Recognizing a person or place with his or its names known as
Proper Noun. They always begin with ‘capital letter’.
Julia, James, Alia, Ellis, Victoria, London, Brazil, Canada, New York , Australia , Disneyland , Great Wall of China , Philip etc. all are examples of proper noun.
2. Countable Nouns & Uncountable Nouns
Countable Nouns:
The nouns which can be counted like book, student, car, rubber, eraser, pen, computer, horse, orange, etc.
Hint: a. we can identify these nouns by the articles and quantifiers in the sentence as “a, some, a lot of, an, a few, many, e.g. an apple, an orange, a book, many students, a lot of toys, many balls
b. In countable nouns we may have plural forms.
Uncountable Nouns:
The names of the things which we cannot count like oil, milk, salt, sugar, hair, flour, sand, gravy, silver etc.
Hint: a. we can identify these nouns by the quantifiers like large amount of, some, much, little, more, small, etc.
b. we need to go singular in uncountable nouns ; a large cup of coffee – not as ‘a cup of coffees’ , one truck of sand – not as truck of sands , etc.
3. Collective Nouns
A collective noun is a name given to a group or collection of persons, animals, or things.
We can identify this noun by the words like; fleet, group, crowd, troop, army, committee, block, cluster, packet etc.
e.g.
A team of players, an army of soldiers, a nest of rabbits, a brood of chickens, a pride of lions, a cluster of stars, a packet of cards .
4. Number Nouns
A. Singular Noun: The name of person, place and thing for only one in number e.g. girl, shopping mall, shop, book, cat, lion, eraser, computer, cigarette, teacher, woman, etc.
B. Plural Noun: This is referred to more than one person, place or thing e.g. girls, shopping malls, books, cats, lions, erasers, computes, cigarettes, teachers, women, etc.
5. Gender Nouns
A. Masculine Noun: The nouns used to identify male like; man, boys, waiter, dog, lion, cock, brother, king, etc.
B. Feminine Nouns: The nouns used to identify female like; Women, girl, lioness, queen, nun, hostess, lady, daughter, etc.
C. Common Nouns: A noun that used to identify both male and female like; child, baby, servant, thief, cook, neighbour, infant, etc.
