English Spoken – Nouns

Let’s see some sentences:

• Ramu is a farmer.
• There is a book on the table.
• The cow gives milk.
• My father believes in honesty.
• India is a country.

Def: Noun – TSF (Touch, See, Fee)

• A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, feeling, animal, or idea.
• The name of anything.
• A naming word.

Ancient Classification of Nouns: 5 Types of Nouns –

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

Proper N

Def: Proper N – Name of Anything. or a Single piece of the Earth.

e.g

• Names of persons – Ram, Shyam, etc.
• Name of Place – Patna, Bihar, Delhi, etc.
• Name of Animal: Lucky, Tommy, etc.
• Name of Book – Bible, Quran, etc.
• Names of languages- Hindi, English, German, etc.
• Name of Newspaper – The India Today, The Times of India, etc.
• Name of mountains, name of months, days, monuments, buildings, river, valley, direction, etc.

Common Noun

Def: Common N – Common to all.

e.g

• Girls
• Boy
• Car
• Pen etc.

Collective Noun

Def: Collective Noun – Present in a group.

e.g

• Class
• Team
• Crowd
• Army
• Mob
• Family
• Committee
• Herd
• Gang
• Flock
• Bunch
• Parliament

Material Noun

Def: Material Noun – The name of a material or substance.

e.g

• Water
• Milk
• Oil
• Ghee
• Honey
• Butter
• Tea, etc.

Abstract Noun

Def: Abstract Noun – Think or Feel.

e.g

• Hardness
• Wisdom
• Softness
• Kindness
• etc.

Note:

• Arts & Science names -Abstract Noun, e.g physics, chemistry, biology, history, grammar, etc.

Modern Classification of Nouns: 3 Types of Nouns

1. Proper Noun (Already Explained)
2. Countable Noun: To be counted. e.g pen, boy, girl, etc.
3. Un-countable Noun: To be not counted. e.g, rice, oil, etc.

Notes:

1. An uncountable noun is always in the Singular Form, i.e it has no plural form.
2. Countable Noun – It has both Singular & Plural forms.

Countable Nouns

Change Singular form to plural form:

Singular Noun                                                                                                   Plural Noun

•                                                              Add -s   (General)
•                                                               Add – es (ch/sh/ss/x)
•                                                                Add – ies (y=i)
•                                                                 Add – s (y=y)

e.g

1. car                                                           = +s =>                                    cars
2. boy                                                          = +s =>                                   boys
3. bench                                                      = +es =>                              benches
4. diary                                                        = +ies =>                               diaries

To be continued…..