This document defines and categorizes different types of nouns. It discusses concrete and abstract nouns, proper and common nouns, countable and uncollectible nouns, collective nouns, and material nouns. It also covers how to identify nouns based on their position in sentences and suffixes. Examples are provided to illustrate each noun type. Suffixes like -tion, -ship, and -dom that indicate nouns are also listed.
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1. NOUN
Noun is a naming a word.
Types
Noun
Concrete Abstract
Proper Countable
Common Uncountable
Collective
Material
2. Abstract Noun
Quality
Action
State
example
Wisdom
Judgement
Perseverance
Improvement.
Countable
ex. I couldnt hear sound.
Uncountable
ex. These planes can fly faster than sound.
Honesty is the best policy.
4. Collective Noun : Group Noun
Committee*
Library
Police
Family
Pack
Shoal
Herd
Flock
Parliament
Mob
Nation
5. Material Noun
Water
Gold
Diamond
Salt
Sugar
**Gold: Material Noun
Ring: Common Noun
6. Material Noun Common Noun
Wood Table
Plastic Chair
Gold Golden ring
Paper Envelope
Diamond Nose ring
Cotton Dress
Water River
7. How to Identify:
i. The position of Noun in a sentence.
ii. Suffix.
Usage of Noun
(The position of noun in a sentence)
As a sub. Or obj. of a verb
I. Contribution to the charity organizations is
greately needed.
II. We appreaciated his bravery.
III. His rudeness surprised me.
8. As an obj. of Gerund,
infinitive and participle:
Maintaining consistency is very
important.
To see his happiness is
disturbing for me.
Observing the difficulties in the
assignment, we left it.
Gerund (Verb+ing = Noun): static.
Ex. Swimming is a good exercise.
Participle(verb+ing = Adjective):
kinetic or present condition.
Ex. The crying baby had a wet
diapper.
9. As an obj. of Preposition, Article and
Adjective
PAD:
P -Preposition, possessive
A-Article, Adjective
D-Determiner.(A few, much,little,each,every)
Preposition + only 1 word = Noun
Ex. He was admired for his sincerity.
Article + only 1 word = Noun
Ex. He likes the way I talk.
Adjective + only 1 word = Noun
Ex. Shohel is a good student.
10. Suffix:
tion: correction, affection
ship: friendship, kinship
dom: wisdom, freedom
hood: childhood, brotherhood etc.
Special types of Noun:
Always pleural:
Scissors
Vegetables
Belongings
Goods
Cloths
Surroundings
Wages etc
11. Looks like pleural but singular:
Physics
Athletics
Arts
Politics
Statistics
News
Innings
Economics
Mathematics etc.
12. Looks like singular but pleural:
Folk
People
Children
Cattle*
Police
Public
Aristocracy
Poultry etc.
Singular+ Pleural = Same
Sheep
Deer
Score
Salmon
Pair
Dozen
Gross
Canon etc.
Ex:
I saw ten deer.
He bought five dozen oranges from Nagpur.
13. Some specialty
A journey by bus (countable noun)
A travel by bus.-wrong(non-countable noun)
California has a good climate. (countable noun)
California has a good weather.-wrong(non-countable noun)
The uses of few, little
Ex. I have a few friends(countable noun)
I have a little sugar.
14. Have to know:
A furniture
A piece of furniture
2 luggages
2 pieces of luggage
A information
A piece of information
A soap.
A bar of soap.
2 equipements
2 pieces of equipement.
Gender
Number: Home Task.
15. Which of the following is not a singular
number?
analysis
poetry
cattle
alms
Which of the following is a common gender?
prince
ewe
spouse
mare