Types of Noun


Types of Nouns / āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžā§°


1. Proper Noun / āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ


What - āĻ•āĻŋ: Names a specific person, place, or thing. / āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻ āĻžāχ, āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
Tip - āϟāĻŋāĻĒāĻ›: Always starts with a capital letter. / āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āφāϖ⧰⧰⧇ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Examples - āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: Ravi, India, Mumbai, Amazon
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ: Ravi is my friend. / Ravi āĻŽā§‹ā§° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĨ¤


2. Common Noun : āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ


What - āĻ•āĻŋ: Names a general person, place, or thing. / āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻ āĻžāχ, āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
Examples - āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: boy, city, river, school
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ: The boy is playing in the park. / āϞ'ā§°āĻžāĻŸā§‹ āωāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāύāϤ āϖ⧇āϞāĻŋāϛ⧇āĨ¤


3. Concrete Noun : āϭ⧌āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ


What - āĻ•āĻŋ: Things you can see, touch, hear, smell, or taste. / āϝāĻŋāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻļ, āĻļ⧁āύāĻž, āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤
Examples - āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: apple, dog, music, flower
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ: The flower smells nice. / āĻĢ⧁āϞāĻŸā§‹ā§° āϏ⧁āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŋ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤


4. Abstract Noun : āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ


What - āĻ•āĻŋ: Names ideas, feelings, or qualities that you cannot touch. / āϤāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§ą āĻŦāĻž āϗ⧁āĻŖ āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻļ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻ¨ā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤
Examples - āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: love, honesty, freedom, happiness
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ: Honesty is the best policy. / āϏāϤāϤāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦāĻļā§ā§°ā§‡āĻˇā§āĻ  āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĨ¤


5. Countable Noun : āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻžāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ


What - āĻ•āĻŋ: Things you can count. / āϝāĻŋāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤
Examples - āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: book/books, pen/pens, chair/chairs
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ: I have three books. / āĻŽā§‹ā§° āĻšāĻžāϤāϤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϟāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤


6. Uncountable Noun : āĻ…āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻžāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ


What - āĻ•āĻŋ: Things you cannot count. / āϝāĻŋāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻ¨ā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤
Examples - āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: water, rice, sugar, air
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ: I need some water. / āĻŽā§‹ā§° āĻ…āϞāĻĒ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇āĨ¤


7. Collective Noun : āĻ—ā§‹āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ


What - āĻ•āĻŋ: Names a group of people, animals, or things. / āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻš, āϜāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āĻāϟāĻž āĻ—ā§‹āϟāĻ• āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
Examples - āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: team, family, herd, bunch
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ: A herd of cows is grazing. / āϗ⧰⧁⧰ āĻāϟāĻž āĻĻāϞ āϘāĻžāρāĻš āĻ–āĻžāχāϛ⧇āĨ¤


8. Material Noun : āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ


What - āĻ•āĻŋ: Names materials or substances things are made of. / āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
Examples - āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: gold, wood, cotton, silver
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ: This ring is made of gold. / āĻāχ āφāĻ‚āĻ ā§€āĻŸā§‹ āϏ⧋āĻŖā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤāĨ¤


9. Compound Noun : āϝ⧌āĻ—āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ


What - āĻ•āĻŋ: Made of two or more words together. / āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϤāϤ⧋āϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻžāχ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
Examples - āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: toothpaste, mother-in-law, bus stop, bedroom
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ: I need toothpaste. / āĻŽā§‹ā§° āĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāύ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇āĨ¤


10. Possessive Noun : āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāϏ⧂āϚāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ


What - āĻ•āĻŋ: Shows ownership. / āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāύāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
Examples - āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: Ravi’s, dog’s, children’s, teacher’s
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ: This is Ravi’s bag. / āĻāχāĻŸā§‹ Ravi ā§° āĻŦ⧇āĻ—āĨ¤


11. Gerund Noun : āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ + ing āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ


What - āĻ•āĻŋ: A verb + ing used as a noun. / ing āϞāĻ—āĻž āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ⧰ ā§°ā§‚āĻĒāϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšā§ƒāϤāĨ¤
Examples - āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: Swimming, reading, dancing, cooking
Sentence - āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ: Swimming is fun. / āϏāĻžāρāϤ⧋⧰āĻž āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ•āĨ¤


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  1. Who/What is it? → Common / Proper : āϕ⧋āύ/āĻ•āĻŋ ? → āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ / āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ

  2. Can you touch it? → Concrete / Abstract : āφāĻĒ⧁āύāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻļ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡āύ⧇ ? → āϭ⧌āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ / āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ

  3. Can you count it? → Countable / Uncountable : āφāĻĒ⧁āύāĻŋ āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡āύ⧇ ? → āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻžāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ / āĻ…āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻžāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ

  4. Is it a group? → Collective : āĻāχāĻŸā§‹ āĻāϟāĻž āĻ—ā§‹āϟ āύ⧇ ? → āĻ—ā§‹āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ

  5. What is it made of? → Material : āĻāχāĻŸā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤ ? → āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ

  6. Two words together? → Compound : āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāϕ⧇āϞāϗ⧇ āφāϛ⧇ āύ⧇ ? → āϝ⧌āĻ—āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ

  7. Whose is it? → Possessive : āĻāχāĻŸā§‹ āϕ⧋āύ⧰ ? → āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāϏ⧂āϚāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ