NOUN
A noun is a word that is used as the name of a person, place or thing.
Example: boy, girl, Rohit, city, Mumbai, table
KINDS of NOUNS
Nouns can be classified into following kinds:
COMMON NOUN
A common noun is a name given in common to every person, place, or thing of the same class or kind.
Examples: chair, book, table, country, city, boy, girl
PROPER NOUN
A proper noun is the name of a particular person, animal, place or thing, i.e. a name used for an individual person, place or thing
A proper noun always begins with a capital letter.
Examples: Delhi, Sita, The Taj Mahal, The Gateway of India
ABSTRACT NOUN
An abstract noun is the name of thoughts, feelings, action or state.
Examples: Kindness, bravery, honesty, friendship
COLLECTIVE NOUN
A collective noun is the name of a collection or group of persons, places, things taken together and spoken of as one whole.
Examples: Jury, a fleet, an army, a herd of cattle, bunch of keys, choir of singers
COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Nouns are of two kinds from the point of view of countability.
COUNTABLE NOUNS
Nouns that can be counted in numbers are called countable nouns.
Examples: box, bird, tree, apple, banana, table.
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Uncountable nouns are nouns that come in a quantity or state that cannot be counted.
Examples: Water, sugar, oil, milk, butter, ink
THE NOUN: NUMBER
A noun that denotes one person or thing is said to be in the singular number. Example: table, chair, grape
A noun that denotes more than one person or thing is said to be plural number. Example: tables, chairs, grapes
RULES FOR CHANGING SINGULAR FORM TO PLURAL FORM
Dog – dogs
Bird - birds
Tree - trees
Book – books
Example: Bus – buses
Kiss - kisses
Brush – brushes
Watch – watches
Tax – taxes
Example: Potato – potatoes
Hero – heroes
Tomato – tomatoes
Example: Baby – babies
Duty – duties
Story – stories
Example: Leaf – leaves
Thief – Thieves
Wife – Wives
Knife – Knives
Examples: Man – men
Foot – feet
Tooth – teeth
Goose - geese
THE NOUN: GENDER
Masculine Gender
A noun is said to be in the masculine gender, if it refers to a male. Example: Boy, uncle, father man, bull, dog, cock
Feminine Gender
A noun is said to be in the feminine gender, if it refers to a female. Example: Niece, woman, girl, sister, mother, hen, lady
Common Gender
A noun that denotes either male or female is called common gender. Example: Child, baby, student, parent, bird, animal, friend
Neuter Gender
A noun that denotes a thing that is neither male or female or non-living things is said to be of the neuter gender. Example: Pen, book, tree, chair, table, box, room
RULES FOR CHANGE OF GENDER
Examples: Heir: Heiress, prince: princess
Examples: Negro: negress,
Examples: King: Queen, cock: hen, boy: girl
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