NOUN


NOUN


A noun is one of the most basic and important parts of speech in English grammar. It is a word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns help us name and describe the world around us, making them essential for constructing sentences. āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ (Noun) āχāς⧰āĻžāĻœā§€ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧰āĻŖā§° āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĻ• āφ⧰⧁ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻ­āĻžāĻ—āϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšā§° āĻāϟāĻžāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻāύ⧇ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϝāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻ āĻžāχ, āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŦāĻž āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻžāĻ• āϚāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝāχ āφāĻŽāĻžā§° āϚāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻļā§° āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€ āύāĻžāĻŽā§°ā§‚āĻĒ⧇ āϚāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻžāϤ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āϕ⧰āĻžāϤ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰⧇, āφ⧰⧁ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ āϖ⧁āĻŦ⧇āχ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Noun Phrase : āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ : Click Here


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


1. Person / āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ : Refers to a specific individual or a general term for people. āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻšā§° āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻ• āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ Ex: teacher, John, doctor, mother. āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•, āϜāύ, āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻ•, āĻŽāĻž


2. Place / āĻ āĻžāχ:  Refers to a location, either specific or general. āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻ• āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āϕ⧰⧇, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĨ¤ Ex: city, park, Mardan, school. āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϚāĻšā§°, āωāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāύ, āĻŽā§°āĻĄāĻžāύ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ


3. Thing / āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁: Refers to objects, animals, or anything that can be seen or touched. Ex: table, dog, car, apple. āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁, āϜāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁, āĻŦāĻž āϝāĻŋāϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻļ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻŸā§‡āĻŦ⧁āϞ, āϕ⧁āϕ⧁⧰, āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§€, āφāĻĒ⧇āϞ


4. Idea / āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻž / āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ: Refers to abstract concepts, feelings, or qualities that cannot be seen or touched but can be thought about. Ex: happiness, freedom, honesty, love. āϤāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§ą, āĻŦāĻž āϗ⧁āĻŖ āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻļ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻ¨ā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§‡, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϏ⧁āĻ–, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāϤāĻž, āϏāϤāϤāĻž, āĻĒā§ā§°ā§‡āĻŽ


Functions of a Noun / āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ⧰ āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝ


1. Subject / āĻ•ā§°ā§āϤāĻž: The noun acts as the doer of the action in the sentence. Ex: The cat is sleeping. (The noun "cat" is the subject of the verb "is sleeping.")
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧰ āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝāϤ āĻ•ā§°ā§āϤāĻžā§° ā§°ā§‚āĻĒāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: The cat is sleeping. (“cat” āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝāĻŸā§‹ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž "is sleeping"ā§° āĻ•ā§°ā§āϤāĻžāĨ¤)


2. Object / āĻ•ā§°ā§āĻŽ : The noun receives the action of the verb.Ex: She is reading a book. (The noun "book" is the object of the verb "is reading.")
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧰ āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝāϤ āĻ•ā§°ā§āĻŽā§° ā§°ā§‚āĻĒāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: She is reading a book. (“book” āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝāĻŸā§‹ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž "is reading"ā§° āĻ•ā§°ā§āĻŽāĨ¤)


3. Complement / āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°āĻ• : A noun that provides more information about the subject or object. Ex: He is a teacher. (The noun "teacher" complements the subject "he.")
 āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•ā§°ā§āĻŽā§° āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ• āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: He is a teacher. (“teacher” āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝāĻŸā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ "he"āĻ• āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°āĻ• āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤)


Detailed Sentence Example / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧃āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ


Sentence / āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ:


English: The dog is barking.
Assamese: The dog āĻœā§‹ā§°ā§‡ āĻœā§‹ā§°ā§‡ āĻ˜ā§‡āω-āĻ˜ā§‡āω āϕ⧰āĻŋāϛ⧇āĨ¤


Noun Identification / āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ āϚāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāϕ⧰āĻŖ:


English: "Dog" is the noun in this sentence because it names a specific thing (an animal).
Assamese: āĻāχ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϤ "dog" āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ, āĻ•āĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻāχāĻŸā§‹ āĻāϟāĻž āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ (āĻāϟāĻž āϜāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁)āĻ• āϚāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϛ⧇āĨ¤


Function / āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝ:


English: Here, the noun "dog" is the subject of the sentence, meaning it is performing the action (barking). Without the noun "dog," we wouldn't know who or what is barking.
Assamese: āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ "dog" āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝāĻŸā§‹ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧰ āĻ•ā§°ā§āϤāĻž, āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž āĻāχāĻŸā§‹ āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝ (āĻ˜ā§‡āω-āĻ˜ā§‡āω āϕ⧰āĻž) āϕ⧰āĻžāχāϛ⧇āĨ¤ "Dog" āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāϞ⧇āĻ“ āĻ•āĻžāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ˜ā§‡āω-āĻ˜ā§‡āω āϕ⧰āĻŋāϛ⧇, āϏ⧇āχāĻŸā§‹ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒā§°āĻž āύāĻžāϝāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤


Nouns often come with articles (a, an, the), which help specify them.


NOUNS 


Q1 / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§§. The ____ is barking loudly. / ____ āĻœā§‹ā§°ā§‡ āĻœā§‹ā§°ā§‡ āϭ⧁āĻ•āĻŋ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ: (a) dog / āϕ⧁āϕ⧁⧰ (b) ran / āĻĻ⧌⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: dog / āϕ⧁āϕ⧁⧰
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž:
Dog is the name of an animal, so it is a noun. / Dog āĻāϟāĻž āϜāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ, āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āχ nounāĨ¤


Q2 / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ⧍. I went to the ____ to buy apples. / āĻŽāχ āφāĻĒ⧇āϞ āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ ____ āϞ⧈ āĻ—ā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧋āρāĨ¤
Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ: (a) market / āĻŦāϜāĻžā§° (b) run / āĻĻ⧌⧰


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: market / āĻŦāϜāĻžā§°
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž:
Market is the name of a place, so it is a noun. / Market āĻāϟāĻž āĻ āĻžāχ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ, āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āχ nounāĨ¤


Q3 / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Š. She has a red ____. / āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ⧰ āĻāϟāĻž ā§°āĻ™āĻž ____ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ: (a) book / āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ (b) jump / āϜāρāĻĒ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: book / āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž:
Book is the name of a thing, so it is a noun. / Book āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ, āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āχ nounāĨ¤


Q4 / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Ē. The ____ shines brightly. / ____ āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āϜāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϕ⧇āĨ¤
Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ: (a) sun / āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āϝ (b) play / āϖ⧇āϞ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: sun / āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āϝ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Sun is the name of a thing, so it is a noun. / Sun āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ, āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āχ nounāĨ¤


Q5 / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Ģ. ____ are playing in the park. / ____ āωāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāύāϤ āϖ⧇āϞāĻŋ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ: (a) Children / āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁ (b) Running / āĻĻ⧌⧰āĻŋ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Children / āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Children are people, so it is a noun. / Children āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻšā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ, āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āχ nounāĨ¤


Q6 / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Ŧ. The ____ is full of stars. / ____ āϤāĻžā§°āĻžā§°ā§‡ āĻ­ā§°āĻŋ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ: (a) sky / āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļ (b) sit / āĻŦāĻšāĻž


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: sky / āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Sky is the name of a place, so it is a noun. / Sky āĻāϟāĻž āĻ āĻžāχ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ, āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āχ nounāĨ¤


Q7 / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§­. My ____ is a doctor. / āĻŽā§‹ā§° ____ āĻāϜāύ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤ⧰āĨ¤
Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ: (a) father / āĻĒāĻŋāϤ⧃ (b) sleep / āĻļ⧁āχ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: father / āĻĒāĻŋāϤ⧃
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Father is the name of a person, so it is a noun. / Father āĻāϜāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ, āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āχ nounāĨ¤


Q8 / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Ž. The ____ flew in the sky. / ____ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļāϤ āω⧰āĻŋ āĻ—’āϞāĨ¤
Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ: (a) bird / āϚ⧰āĻžāχ (b) sing / āĻ—ā§‹ā§ąāĻž


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: bird / āϚ⧰āĻžāχ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Bird is the name of an animal, so it is a noun. / Bird āĻāϟāĻž āϜāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ, āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āχ nounāĨ¤


Q9 / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ⧝. He sat on a wooden ____. / āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āĻāϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ ā§° ____āϤ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ: (a) chair / āϚāϕ⧀ (b) eat / āĻ–ā§‹ā§ąāĻž


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: chair / āϚāϕ⧀
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Chair is the name of a thing, so it is a noun. / Chair āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ, āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āχ nounāĨ¤


Q10 / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§§ā§Ļ. The ____ is very deep. / ____ āĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻ—āϭ⧀⧰āĨ¤
Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ: (a) well / āύāϞāϕ⧂āĻĒ (b) drink / āĻĒāĻžāύ āϕ⧰āĻž


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: well / āύāϞāϕ⧂āĻĒ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Well is the name of a thing, so it is a noun. / Well āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ, āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āχ nounāĨ¤