Kinds of Noun
There are five kinds of noun:
- Proper Noun
- Common Noun
- Collective Noun
- Material Noun
- Abstract Noun
Proper Noun
Definition: The name of a particular person, or place, or thing is called proper noun.
- Abrahimis a clever boy.
- Marutiis a beautiful car.
- India is a big country.
- The Bible is a holy book.
Analysis
In the above given sentences 'Abrahim' is the name of a particular boy, 'Maruti' is the name of a particular car, 'India' is the name of a particular country and the 'Bible' is the name of a particular book. These are proper nouns. Boy, car, country, and book are also nouns, but they are not proper noun.
NOTE : A proper noun always begins with a capital letter.
See the following List of Proper Noun:
Steve Maruti January
India Delhi Sunday
Ramayana Asia Ganga
Common Noun
Definition : Common noun is the name given to a class of people, place, animal orthing.
- The doctor is examining the patient.
- The elephant moves slowly.
- Book is useful for us.
- Boys are playing in the field.
Analysis
In the above given sentences doctor indicates a class of person, elephant indicates a class of animal, book indicates a class of thing and field indicates a class of place. So, these are common nouns.
See the following List of Common Noun:
Boy Girl Mother Teacher
Student Brother Parents Nephew
Shop Market City Humans
Collective Noun
Definition: Collective noun is the name of a group or collection of persons, animals or things.
- The family was celebrating Christmas.
- Cattle is grazing in the field.
- Rosy lost the bunch of keys.
- The police could not control the crowd.
Analysis
In the above given sentences family indicates a group of person, cattle indicates a group of animals, bunch indicates a collection (group) of keys and crowd indicates a group of people. So, these words are collective nouns.
See the following list of Collective Noun:
An army of
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