Introduction

Definition: A word used to denote the name of anything like a person, place, thing or quality is called a noun. A noun is also called the naming word.
For Example: City, restaurant, love, compassion, etc.

Kinds of Noun
There are five kinds of noun
1. Proper Noun
2. Common Noun
3. Collective Noun
4. Material Noun
5. Abstract Noun

Proper Noun
Proper noun is a specific name of a place, a person, or a thing. The first letter of a proper noun is always represented by a capital letter.

Proper Nouns in English

1. Name of the Month and Day	October, November, etc
2. Name of a Company	Infosys, Mahindra, etc.
3. Names of People	Obama, James, etc.
4. Names of Places	Mumbai, Chennai, etc.
5. Titles of People	Sir William, President Obama , etc.
6. Name of Books, Newspapers	The New York Times, The Morning Herald, The Ramayan, etc.

NOTE:
v There are some nouns, such as sun, moon, earth, which seem to be the names of particular individual objects, but they are not proper names.
Common Noun
Definition: Common nouns are words for people, things, animals, or ideas.

Common Noun for Relations

Common Noun for Relations

Father	Daughter	Mother	Son
Grandfather	Brothers	Grandmother	Sisters

Common Noun for Fruits and Vegetables

Apple	Broccoli	Peach	Celery
Banana	Spinach	Fig	Cabbage
Apricot	Lettuce

Common Noun for Animals

Panda	Ant	Snake	Bee
Giraffe	Butterfly	Goose	Prawn
Duck	Crab	Eagle	Dolphin

Common Noun for Places

Bank	Zoo	Street
Restaurant	Park	Terrace
School	Library	Ground
Office	Factory	Market

Common Noun for Things

Love	Brilliance	Freedom
Hate	Beauty	Silence
Pride	Anger	Victory

The following is the list of common nouns

animal	babies	cabbage	dad	ear
abode	baby	cable	daughter	earth
account	back	cactus	day	earthquake
achieve	badge	cake	death	edge
acoustics	bag	calculator	debt	education
act	bait	calendar	decision	effect
action	balance	camera	deer	egg
activity	ball	camp	degree	eggnog
actor	balloon	can	design	eggs
addition	banana	cannon	desire	elbow

adjustment	band	canvas	desk	end
advertisement	base	cap	destruction	engine
advice	baseball	caption	detail	error
aftermath	basin	car	development	event
afternoon	basket	card	digestion	example
afterthought	basketball	care	dime	exchange
agreement	bat	carpenter	dinner	existence
air	bath	carriage	dinosaurs	expansion
airplane	battle	cars	direction	experience
airport	bead	cart	dirt	expert
alarm	beam	cast	discovery	eye
amount	bean	cat	discussion	eyes
amusement	bear	cattle	disease	jail
anger	bears	cause	disgust	jam
jam	beast	cave	distance	jar
angle	bed	celery	distribution	jeans
animal	bee	cellar	division	jelly
answer	beef	cemetery	dock	jellyfish
ant	beetle	cent	doctor	jewel
apparatus	beggar	chain	dog	join
apparel	beginner	chair	doll	joke
apple	behavior	chalk	donkey	journey
appliance	belief	chance	door	judge
approval	bell	change	downtown	juice
arch	berry	channel	drain	jump
argument	bike	cheese	drawer
arithmetic	bird	cherries	dress
arm	birth	chess	drink
army	birthday	chicken	driving
art	bedroom	chickens	drop
attack	alley	children	drug
attempt	game	chin	drum
attraction	garden	hair	duck
authority	gate	haircut	ducks
face	geese	hall	ice
fact	ghost	hammer	icicle
fairies	giants	hand	idea
fall	giraffe	harbor	impulse
family	girl	harmony	income
fan	glass	hat	increase
fang	glove	head	industry
farm	glue	health	ink
farmer	goat	hearing	insect
father	heart	instrument
fear	heat	insurance

feast	feet	interest
feather		invention
		iron
		island

Collective Noun
Definition: A collective noun is a word used to define a group of objects, where objects can be people, animals, emotions, inanimate things, concepts, or other things.
For example: Class, bundle, bunch, herd, swarm, etc. See the following list of collective nouns:

Material Noun

Definition: The name of a thing that exists only in the form of a mass and cannot be counted is called a
Material Noun. A Material Noun is the name of a substance which can be measured or weighed

See the following Material Noun:
Glass, iron, clay, frost, rain, snow, wheat, wine, tea, sugar, etc.

They may be placed in groups as follows:
(i) The metals: Iron, gold, platinum, etc.
(ii) Products spoken of in bulk: Tea, sugar, rice, wheat, etc.
(iii) Geological bodies: Mud, sand, granite, rock, stone, etc.
(iv) Natural phenomena: Rain, dew, cloud, frost, mist, etc.
(v) Various manufactures: Cloth (and the different kinds of cloth, potash, soap, rubber, paint, celluloid, etc.

Abstract Noun

Definition: The name given to a quality, state or action is called an Abstract Noun. A noun that is abstract is an aspect, concept, idea, experience, state of being, trait, quality, feeling, or other entity that cannot be experienced with the five senses

Common Abstract Nouns

Emotions/Feelings

Love	Hate
Anger	Peace
Pride	Sympathy

States/Attributes

Bravery	Loyalty
Honesty	Integrity
Compassion	Charity
Success	Courage
Deceit	Skill
Beauty	Brilliance
Pain	Misery

Ideas/Concepts/Ideals

Beliefs	Dreams
Justice	Truth
Faith	Liberty
Knowledge	Thought
Information	Culture
Trust	Dedication

Movements/Events

Progress	Education
Hospitality	Leisure
Trouble	Friendships

Relaxation
Abstract forms of nouns are very common and an important part of communication. in many cases these types of nouns are derived from an addition of a suffix or alteration in the root word. Child is a concrete noun, for example, but childhood is an intangible state, so it is abstract. Nouns with the following suffixes are often abstract:

•   -tion
•  -ism
•  -ity
•  -ment
•  -ness
•  -age
•  -ance/-ence
•  -ship
•  -ability

Abstract Nouns formed from Adjectives

Bitter	bitterness
Brave	Bravery
Broad	Breadth
Dark	darkness
Deep	depth
FALSE	falsehood
Great	greatness
High	height
Honest	honesty
Hot	heat
Humble	humility
Intelligent	Intelligence
Just	justice
Long	length
Poor	poverty
Proud	pride
Prudent	prudence
Short	shortness
Sole	solitude
TRUE	truth
Vain	vanity
Wide	width
Wise	wisdom
Young	youth

NOTE:
• Youth may also be a Common Noun (a youth of seventh) and a collective Noun (Give youth its chance).
In this latter sentence youth = young people thought of collectively.

 Abstract Nouns formed from Common Nouns

Abstract Nouns formed from Verbs

Abstract Nouns of the same form as verbs

Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Nouns can be either countable or uncountable.
• Countable Nouns are those which can be counted. They have ‘a’ or ‘an’ before them in the singular form.
• Uncountable Nouns are those which cannot be counted. They do not have’a’ or ‘an’ before them.

 Read the following examples:

(i She has a dog and a cat.	(Countable Nouns)
(ii) He has some sugar in the bowl.	(Uncountable Nouns)
(iii) Albert has an elephant and as ass.	(Countable Nouns)
(iv) Darkness frightens me.	(Uncountable Nouns)

You notice that dog and cat (common nouns) are countable. You can say one dog, two dogs, one cat or two cats. The words elephant and ass are also countable the words sugar and darkness are uncountable. You cannot count one sugar, two sugars or one darkness and two darkness.

Some nouns are used both as uncountable and countable.

Read the following examples.

Find the kind of noun underline sentence has

Marutiis the most popular car in India.
Answer: Proper Noun:- A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place or things. So, Maruti is a name of a particular car (things).

Karan is a naughty boy.
Answer: Common Noun: A common noun is shared in common by every person, place or thing of the same class or kind. So, boy is the class of person.

Gold and Silver are used to make jewellery.
Answer: Material Noun: A material noun is the noun that exists only in the form of a mass and cannot be counted. So, gold and silver are in the form of a mass and cannot be counted.

Honesty is the best policy.
Answer: Abstract Noun: An abstract noun is the name of some state, quality, feeling or idea that we can only think of or feel but cannot touch or See.

QUESTION

Read the noun of the underlined word:

Milkis a complete food.
(A) Common Noun
(B) Proper Noun
(C) Collective Noun
(D) Material Noun
(E) None of these

Explanation: Milk is a material noun. A Material Noun is the name of a substance which can be measured or weighed.

A clump of tree.
(A) Material Noun
(B) Proper Noun
(C) Common Noun
(D) Collective Noun
(E) None of these

Explanation: Clump is a Collective Noun. A Collective Noun is the group or collection of things.

SUMMARY

• Noun is the name of a person, place, animal, bird or thing.
• A Proper Noun is the name of a particular person, place, thing or animal.
• A Common Noun is the name given to the class of person, place, animal or thing.
•v A Collective Noun is the name of a group or collection of person, things or animals.
• A Material Noun is the name of a substance which can be measured or weighed.
• An Abstract Noun is the name of some state, quality, feeling or idea that we can only think of or feel but cannot touch or see.
• All Common Nouns and Collective Nouns are regarded as countable.
• Proper Nouns are also countable.
• Abstract Nouns and Material Nouns are normally uncountable.

Find The Kind Of Noun of The Underlined Word

A fleet of ships.
(A) Abstract Noun
(B) Common Noun
(C) Collective Noun
(D) Material Nounn
(E) None of these

A shoal of fish.
(A) Proper Noun
(B) Collective Noun
(C) Common Noun
(D) Material Noun
(E) None of these

A bunch of flowers.
(A) Proper Noun
(B) Common Noun
(C) Material Noun
(D) Collective Noun
(E) None of these

Coaland Petrol are fossil fuels.
(A) Collective Noun
(B) Common noun
(C) Proper Noun
(D) Material Noun
(E) None of these

Sugarcomes from sugarcane plants.
(A) Common Noun
(B) Material Noun
(C)Proper Noun
(D) Collective Noun
(E) None of these

Honesty is the best policy.
(A) Proper Noun
(B) Collective Noun
(C) Material Noun
(D) Common Noun
(E) Abstract Noun

Mass transport system in Mumbai  has been changing rapidly.
(A) Common Noun
(B) Collective Noun
(C) Proper Noun
(D) Material Noun
(E) None of these

Truth always triumphs.
(A) Proper Noun
(B) Common Noun
(C) Collective Noun
(D) Material Noun
(E) Abstract noun

The Ganga river irrigates a large part of the northern plain.
(A) Proper Noun
(B) Common Noun
(C) Material Noun
(D) Collective Noun
(E) None of these

The performance of boys has reduced rapidly in comparison to girls in various exams.
(A) Abstract Noun
(B) Collective Noun
(C) Proper Noun
(D) Material Noun
(E) Common Noun

1. The name that refers to a group or collection regarded as a single unit is a collective noun. Fleet is a collection of ships.

2. The name that refers to a group or collection regarded as a single unit is a collective noun. Shoal is a collection of fi

3. The name that refers to a group or collection regarded as a single unit is a collective noun. Bunch is a collection of flowe

4. The name of a thing that exists only in the form of a mass and cannot be counted is a Material Noun. Coal and petrol have a m They cannot be counted.

5. The name of a thing that exists only in the form of a mass and cannot be counted is a Material Noun. Sugar has a m It cannot be counted.

6. The name given to a quality, state or action is an Abstract Noun. Honesty is a quality.

7. The name of a particular city is a Proper Noun. Mumbai is a particular name of a city.

8. The name given to a quality, state or action is an Abstract Noun. Truth is a quality.

9. The name shared in common by every person, place or thing of the same class or kind is a Common Noun. The Ganga is a name of river.

10. The name shared in common by every person, place or thing of the same class or kind is a Common Noun. The word boy is a Common Noun.