Types of Noun
Types of Nouns / āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§°
1. Proper Noun / āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ
What - āĻāĻŋ: Names a specific person, place, or thing. / āĻā§āύ⧠āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻ āĻžāĻ, āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
Tip - āĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻ: Always starts with a capital letter. / āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻāĻā§°ā§°ā§ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Examples - āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: Ravi, India, Mumbai, Amazon
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ: Ravi is my friend. / Ravi āĻŽā§ā§° āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āĨ¤
2. Common Noun : āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ
What - āĻāĻŋ: Names a general person, place, or thing. / āĻā§āύ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻ āĻžāĻ, āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
Examples - āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: boy, city, river, school
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ: The boy is playing in the park. / āϞ'ā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāύāϤ āĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤
3. Concrete Noun : āĻā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ
What - āĻāĻŋ: Things you can see, touch, hear, smell, or taste. / āϝāĻŋāĻŦā§ā§° āĻĻā§āĻāĻž, āϏā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻļ, āĻļā§āύāĻž, āĻāύā§āϧ āĻŦāĻž āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤
Examples - āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: apple, dog, music, flower
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ: The flower smells nice. / āĻĢā§āϞāĻā§ā§° āϏā§āĻāύā§āϧāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
4. Abstract Noun : āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻžāĻŽā§āϞāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ
What - āĻāĻŋ: Names ideas, feelings, or qualities that you cannot touch. / āϤāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦ, āĻ
āύā§āĻā§ą āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āĻŖ āϝāĻžāĻ āϏā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻļ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤
Examples - āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: love, honesty, freedom, happiness
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ: Honesty is the best policy. / āϏāϤāϤāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāĻļā§ā§°ā§āώā§āĻ āύā§āϤāĻŋāĨ¤
5. Countable Noun : āĻāĻŖāύāĻžāϝā§āĻā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ
What - āĻāĻŋ: Things you can count. / āϝāĻŋāĻŦā§ā§° āĻāĻŖāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤
Examples - āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: book/books, pen/pens, chair/chairs
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ: I have three books. / āĻŽā§ā§° āĻšāĻžāϤāϤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
6. Uncountable Noun : āĻ āĻāĻŖāύāĻžāϝā§āĻā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ
What - āĻāĻŋ: Things you cannot count. / āϝāĻŋāĻŦā§ā§° āĻāĻŖāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤
Examples - āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: water, rice, sugar, air
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ: I need some water. / āĻŽā§ā§° āĻ
āϞāĻĒ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧠āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
7. Collective Noun : āĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ
What - āĻāĻŋ: Names a group of people, animals, or things. / āĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻš, āĻāύā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻāĻ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĨ¤
Examples - āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: team, family, herd, bunch
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ: A herd of cows is grazing. / āĻā§°ā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻž āĻĻāϞ āĻāĻžāĻāĻš āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§āĨ¤
8. Material Noun : āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ
What - āĻāĻŋ: Names materials or substances things are made of. / āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
Examples - āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: gold, wood, cotton, silver
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ: This ring is made of gold. / āĻāĻ āĻāĻāĻ ā§āĻā§ āϏā§āĻŖā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
9. Compound Noun : āϝā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ
What - āĻāĻŋ: Made of two or more words together. / āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϤāϤā§āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
Examples - āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: toothpaste, mother-in-law, bus stop, bedroom
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ: I need toothpaste. / āĻŽā§ā§° āĻĻāύā§āϤāĻŽāĻā§āĻāύ āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
10. Possessive Noun : āϏā§āĻŦāϤā§āĻŦāϏā§āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ
What - āĻāĻŋ: Shows ownership. / āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāύāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Examples - āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: Ravi’s, dog’s, children’s, teacher’s
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ: This is Ravi’s bag. / āĻāĻāĻā§ Ravi ā§° āĻŦā§āĻāĨ¤
11. Gerund Noun : āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ + ing āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ
What - āĻāĻŋ: A verb + ing used as a noun. / ing āϞāĻāĻž āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ⧰ ā§°ā§āĻĒāϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšā§āϤāĨ¤
Examples - āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: Swimming, reading, dancing, cooking
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ: Swimming is fun. / āϏāĻžāĻāϤā§ā§°āĻž āĻāύāύā§āĻĻāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻāĨ¤
Quick Trick for Beginners | āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āϏ⧰āϞ āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ
- Who/What is it? → Common / Proper : āĻā§āύ/āĻāĻŋ ? → āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ / āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ
- Can you touch it? → Concrete / Abstract : āĻāĻĒā§āύāĻŋ āϏā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻļ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āύ⧠? → āĻā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ / āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻžāĻŽā§āϞāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ
- Can you count it? → Countable / Uncountable : āĻāĻĒā§āύāĻŋ āĻāĻŖāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āύ⧠? → āĻāĻŖāύāĻžāϝā§āĻā§āϝ / āĻ āĻāĻŖāύāĻžāϝā§āĻā§āϝ
- Is it a group? → Collective : āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻ āύ⧠? → āĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ
- What is it made of? → Material : āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤ ? → āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ
- Two words together? → Compound : āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻā§āϞāĻā§ āĻāĻā§ āύ⧠? → āϝā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ
- Whose is it? → Possessive : āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻā§āύ⧰ ? → āϏā§āĻŦāϤā§āĻŦāϏā§āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ