Types of Noun
Noun is basically divided into two types.
A. Abstract noun
B. Concrete noun
Abstract noun: It is the name of anything that we cannot experience and perceive them with our five senses such as; sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch.
Example: Islam, sect, religion, love, sadness, happiness, right, justice, pain and communism.
Concrete noun: It is the name anything that we can experience and perceive them with our five senses like; sight, hearing, taste smell, and touch,
Examples: chair, table, teacher, music, fish, cow, and ……..etc.
Not __ The word thing is used to mean anything that we can think of .
Look at the following sentence.
Asoka was a wise king.
The Noun Asoka refers to a particular king. but noun king might be applied to any other king as the well as Asoka . We call Asoka a Proper Noun. And king a Common Noun.
Similarly.
Hari is a Proper Noun, while boy is Common Noun.
Kolkata is a Proper Noun. While city is a Common Noun
India is a Proper Noun. While country is a Common Noun
Def. ----A Proper Noun is a name given in Common to every person or thing of the same class or kind.
(Common here means shared by all.)
Def., ----- A proper Noun is name of the some particular the person or place,
[Proper means one's own Hence a Proper Noun is a person's own name.]
Note ---- Proper Nouns are always written with a capital letter at beginning.
Note-----Proper Noun are sometimes used as Common Nouns; as,
Common Noun include what are called the (Collective Noun) and (Abstract Noun).
A Collective Noun is name of the a number ( or collection ) of persons or things taken together and spoken of as one whole ; as ,
Crowd, mob, team, flock. (Herd), (army), (fleet), (jury), (family), nation, parliament, committee.
A fleet = a collection the of ships or vessels.
An army = a collection of soldiers.
A crowed = a collection of people.
The police dispersed the crowd.
The French army was defeated at Waterloo.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
A herd of cattle is passing.
An Abstract Noun is usually name of a quality , action , or state considered apart from the object to which it belongs ; as .
Quality --- Goodness, Kindness, darkness, hardness, brightness, honesty. Wisdom. Bravery.
Action ---- Laughter. Theft. Movement. Judgment. Hatred.
Stat ------ Childhood. Boyhood. Youth. Slave. Sleep. Sickness. Death. Poverty.
The names of Arts and Sciences (e.g. Grammar. Music, chemistry. Etc.) Are also Abstract Nouns.
We can speak brave soldier, a strong man, a beautiful flower. But we can also think these qualities apart from any particular the person or thing. And speak of bravery. Strength. Beauty .by themselves. So also we can speak of what persons do or feel apart from the persons themselves .and give it a name . The word abstract means drawn off,)
Abstract Noun are formed__
From Adjectives; as,
Kindness from kind, honesty from honest,
(Most abstract noun are formed thus.)
From Verbs; as.
Obedience from obey; growth from grow.
From Common Nouns; as,
Childhood from child. Slavery from slave.
Another classification of nouns is whether they are count able “or “uncountable”
Countable noun (or countable) are the names of objects. People. Etc. . . . That we can count e. g. book / pen. apple . Boy. Sister. Doctor. Horse.
Uncountable nouns (or uncountable) are the names of things which we cannot, e.g. . . . . Milk. Oil. Sugar. Gold. Honesty. They mainly, denote substances and abstract things.
Countable nouns have plural forms the while uncountable nouns do not for example. We say “book” but we cannot say “milks “.
Point out the Nouns in the following sentences , and say whether they are Common . Proper. Collective or Abstract ___
1:- The crowd was very big
2:- Always speak the truth.
3:- WE all love honesty.
4:- Our class consists of twenty pupils.
5:- The elephant has great strength.
6:- Solomon was famous for his wisdom.
7:- Cleanliness is next to godliness.
8:- We saw a fleet of ships in the Barbour.
9:- The class is studying grammar.
10:- A committee of five was appointed.
11:- Without health there is no happiness,
12:- I recognized your voice at once.
13:- Our team is better than theirs.
14:- Never tell a lie.
15:- Wisdom is better than strength.
16:- I believe in his innocence.
17:- I often think of the happy days of childhood.
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