Kinds of Noun
Category : 7th Class
Kinds of Noun
There are five kinds of noun. They are the following:
1. Proper Noun
2. Common Noun
3. Collective Noun
4. Material Noun
5. Abstract Noun
Proper Noun
Proper noun is the specific name of a place, a person or a thing. The first letter of a proper noun is always written in capital letter.
Proper Nouns in English
1. Name of the Month and Day March, April, May, etc.
2. Names of Companies Reliance, IBM, TATA, etc.
3. Names of People Steve, Smith, Serena, etc.
4. Names of Places Connaught Place, Delhi, India
5. Titles of People Dr. Kenny White, President Jimmy Ayus, Ms. Mini Thomas, etc.
6. Names of Books, Newspapers The Times of India, The Indian Express, etc.
NOTE: There are some nouns, such as sun, moon, earth, which seem to be the names of particular individual objects, but which are not called Proper Nouns.
Common Noun Definition:
A common noun is a word that names people, places, things, or ideas. They are not the names of a single person, place or thing. A common noun begins with a lowercase letter unless it is at the beginning of a sentence.
People : man, girl, boy, mother, father, child, person, teacher, student, etc.
Animals : cat, dog, fish, ant, snake, etc.
Things : book, table, chair, phone, etc.
Places : school, city, building, shop, etc. Ideas : love, hate, idea, pride, etc.
The following is the list of common nouns
| able | babies | cabbage | dad | ear |
| attic | baby | cable | daughter | earth |
| account | back | cactus | day | Earthquake |
| achieve | badge | cake | death | edge |
| acoustics | bag | calculator | debt | Education |
| act | bait | calendar | decision | Effect |
| action | balance | camera | deer | Egg |
| activity | ball | camp | degree | Eggnog |
| actor | balloon | can | design | Eggs |
| addition | banana | cannon | desire | Elbow |
| adjustment | band | canvas | desk | End |
| advertisement | base | cap | destruction | Engine |
| aftermath | baseball | caption | detail | Error |
| aftermath | basin | car | development | Event |
| afternoon | basket | card | digestion | Example |
| afterthought | basketball | care | dime | Exchange |
| agreement | bat | carpenter | dinner | Existence |
| air | bath | carriage | dinosaurs | Expansion |
| airplane | battle | cars | direction | Experience |
| airport | bead | cart | dirt | Expert |
| alarm | beam | cast | discovery | Eye |
| amount | bean | cat | discussion | Eyes |
| amusement | bear | cattle | disease | Jail |
| anger | bears | cause | disgust | Jam |
| Jam | Beast | Cave | Distance | Jar |
| Angle | Bed | Celery | Distribution | Jeans |
| Animal | Bee | Cellar | Division | Jelly |
| Ant | Beetle | Cent | Dock | Jellyfish |
| Apparatus | Beggar | Chain | dog | Join |
| apparel | beginner | chair | Doll | Joke |
| apple | behavior | chalk | donkey | Journey |
| appliance | belief | chance | Door | Judge |
| Approval | Bell | Change | Downtown | Juice |
| Arch | Berry | Channel | Drain | Jump |
| argument | bike | cheese | Drawer | |
| Arithmetic | Bird | cherries | Dress | |
| Arm | Birth | Chess | Drink | |
| Army | Birthday | Chicken | Driving | |
| Art | Bedroom | Chickens | Driving | |
| Attack | Alley | Children | Drug | |
| Attempt | Game | Chin | Drum | |
| Attraction | Garden | Hair | Duck | |
| Authority | Gate | Haircut | Ducks | |
| Face | Geese | Hall | Ice | |
| Fact | Ghost | Hammer | Icicle | |
| Fairies giants | Hand | Idea | ||
| Fall | giraffe | harbor | impulse | |
| Family | Girl | Harmony | Income | |
| fan | glass | hat | Increase | |
| Fang | glove | head | Industry | |
| Farm | Glue | Health | Ink | |
| farmer | goat | Hearing | Insect | |
| father | heart | Insect | ||
| fear | heat | Insurance | ||
| feast | feet | Interest | ||
| feather | Iron | |||
| Island |
Collective Noun Definition:
The name that refers to a group or collection regarded as a single unit is called a Collective Noun. A collective noun is the name of a collection of persons or things taken together and spoken of as one whole. Some common examples of collective noun: Class, bundle, bunch, herd, swarm, etc.
See the following list of collective nouns:
| An Army of soldiers | A gang of thieves |
| A bevy of beauties/girls | A horde of savages |
| A band of musicians | A host of Angels |
| A band of robbers | A line of kings/rulers |
| A board of directors | A mob of rioters |
| A body of men | A group of dancers |
| A bunch of crooks | A group of singers |
| A caravan of gypsies | A pack of rascals |
| A choir of singers | A pack of wolves |
| A class of pupils | A party of friends |
| A class of students | A patrol of policemen |
| A company of actors | A posse of policemen |
| A company of soldiers | A regiment of soldiers |
| A congregation of worshippers | A staff of employees |
| A crew of sailors | A staff of servants |
| A crowd of spectators | A staff of teachers |
| A crowd of people | A team of players |
| A dynasty of kings | A tribe of natives |
| A galaxy of beautiful women | A troop of scouts |
| A galaxy of film stars | A troupe of artists |
| A gang of crooks | A troupe of dancers |
| A gang of labourers | A troupe of performers |
| A gang of prisoners | A party of friends |
| A gang of robbers | |
| An Album of auto graphs | A hall of bullets |
| An Album of photographs | A hand of bananas |
| An Album of stamps | A harvest of wheat/corn |
| An Anthology of poems | A heap of rubbish |
| An Archipelago of islands | A heap of ruins |
| A bale of cotton | A hedge of bushes |
| A basket of fruits | A heap of stones |
| A batch of breads | A layer of soil/dirt |
| A battery of guns | A library of books |
| A block of flats | A line of cars |
| A book of exercises | A list of names |
| A book of notes | A mass of ruins/hair |
| A bouquet of flowers | A necklace of pearls |
| A bowl of rice | An outfit of clothes |
| A bunch of bananas | An orchard of fruit trees |
| A bunch of flowers | A pack of cards |
| A bunch of grapes | A pack of lies |
| A bunch of keys | A packet of cigarettes |
| A bundle of rags | A packet of letters |
| A bundle of firewood | A pair of shoes |
| A bundle of hay | A pencil of rays |
| A catalogue of prices | A quiver of arrows |
| A chain of mountains | A range of hills |
| A chest of drawers | A range of mountains |
| A cluster of coconuts | A ream of paper |
| A cluster of grapes | A reel of thread/film |
| A cloud of dust | A roll of film/cloth |
| A clump of bushes | A rope of pearls |
| A clump of trees | A row of houses |
| A collection of coins | A series of events |
| A collection of curiosities | A set of china |
| A collection of pictures | A set of clubs |
| A collection of relics | A set of tools |
| A collection of stamps | A sheaf of arrows |
| A column of smoke | A sheaf of corn |
| A comb of bananas | A sheaf of grain |
| A compendium of games | A sheaf of papers |
| A constellation of stars | A sheaf of wheat |
| A cluster of diamonds | A shower of blows |
| A cluster of stars | A shower of rain |
| A clutch of eggs | A stack of Arms |
| A crate of fruit | A stack of corn |
| A crop of Apples | A stack of hay |
| A fall of rain | A stack of timber |
| A fall of snow | A stack of wood |
| A fleet of -taxies | A stock of wood |
| A fleet of ships | A string of beads |
| A flight of aeroplanes | A string of pearls |
| A flight of steps | A suit of clothes |
| A forest of trees | A suite of furniture |
| A galaxy of stars | A suite of rooms |
| A garland of flowers | A tuft of grass |
| A glossary of difficult words | A tuft of hair |
| A group of islands | A wad of currency/notes |
| A grove of trees | A wreath of flowers |
| An army of ants | A litter of kittens |
| A bevy of quail | A litter of puppies |
| A brood/flock of chickens | A menagerie of wild animals |
| A catch of fish | A muster of peacocks |
| A cloud of flies | A nest of ants |
| A cloud of insects | A nest of mice |
| A cloud of locusts | A nest of rabbits |
| A colony of gulls | A pack of hounds |
| A drove of cattle | A pack of wolves |
| A drove of horses | A plague of insects |
| A flight of birds | A plague of locusts |
| A flight of doves | A pride of lions |
| A flight of locusts | A school of herrings |
| A flight of swallows | A school of porpoises |
| A flock of birds | A school of whales |
| A flock of geese | A shoal of fish |
| A flock of sheep | A skein of wild geese in flight |
| A gaggle of geese | A string of horses |
| A haul of fish | A stud of horses |
| A herd of buffaloes | A swarm of Ants |
| A herd of cattle | A swarm of bees |
| A herd of deer | A swarm of insects |
| A herd of elephants | A swarm of locusts |
| A herd of goats | A team of horses |
| A herd of swine | A team of oxen |
| A hive of bees | A train of camels |
| A host of sparrows | A tribe of goats |
| A kindle of kittens | A troop of lions |
| A litter of cubs | A troop of monkeys |
| A litter of piglets | A zoo of wild animals |
Material Noun Definition:
The name of a thing that exists only in the form of a mass and cannot be counted is called a Material Noun. Or A material noun is the name of a substance which can be measured or weighed but cannot be counted. See the following material nouns: Glass, iron, clay, frost, rain, snow, wheat, wine, tea, sugar, etc.
They may be placed in groups as follows:
(1) The metals: iron, gold, platinum, etc.
(2) Products spoken of in bulk: tea, sugar, rice, wheat, etc.
(3) Geological bodies: mud, sand, granite, rock, stone, etc.
(4) Natural phenomena: rain, dew, cloud, frost, mist, etc.
(5) Various manufactures: cloth (and the different kinds of cloth), potash, soap, rubber, paint, celluloid, etc.
Abstract Noun Definition:
The name given to a quality, state or action is called an Abstract Noun. A noun that is abstract is an aspect, concept, idea, experience, state of being, trait, quality, feeling, or other entity that cannot be experienced with the five senses.
Common Abstract Nouns
Emotions/Feelings
Love Hate
Anger Peace
Pride Sympathy
States/Attributes
Bravery Loyalty
Honesty Integrity
Compassion Charity
Success Courage
Deceit Skill
Beauty Brilliance
Pain Misery
Ideas/Concepts/Ideals
Beliefs Dreams
Justice Truth
Faith Liberty
Knowledge Thought
Information Culture
Trust Dedication
Movements/Events
Progress Education
Hospitality Leisure
Trouble Friendship
Relaxation
Abstract forms of nouns are very common and an important part of communication. In many cases these types of nouns are derived from an addition of a suffix or alteration in the root word. Child is a concrete noun, for example, but childhood is an intangible state, so it is abstract. Nouns with the following suffixes are often abstract:
-tion -ism
-ity -ment
-ness -age
-ance/-ence -ship
-ability
Common nouns that can be changed into abstract nouns:
Common Nouns Abstract Nouns
Agent agency
Boy boyhood
Child childhood
Mother motherhood
Friend friendship
Hero heroism
Brave bravery
Dark darkness
Deep depth
False falsehood
Great greatness
High height
Act action
Admit admission
Agree agreement
Behave behaviour
Die death
Enter entrance
Priest priesthood
King kingship
Slave slavery
Robber robbery
Fellow fellowship
Brother brotherhood
Honest honesty
Kind kindness
Long length
Short shortness
True truth
Wide wideness
Fly flight
Grow growth
Expect expectation
Starve starvation
Obey obedience
Think thought
Punish punishment
See the following list of abstract nouns:
Inspiration Depression
Love Hate
Courage Curiosity
Excitement Adventure
Amazement Faith
Ego Failure
Awe Freedom
Evil Justice
Forgiveness Loyalty
Romance Infatuation
Elegance Imagination
Honesty Determination
Humour Humility
Hope Despair
Honour Pride
Redemption Hurt
Peace Trust
Patience Pain
Helplessness Pleasure
Perseverance Graciousness
Gratefulness Grace
Grief Maturity
Fascination Friendship
Brutality Self Control
Jealousy Love
Confusion Vulnerability
Ability Self Esteem
Mastery Perfection
Excellence
Identify the kind of noun.
Agency
(A) Proper Noun
(B) Common Noun
(C) Collective Noun
(D) Material Noun
(E) Abstract Noun
Answer: (E)
Explanation: 'Agency' is an Abstract Noun.
Camera
(A) Proper Noun
(B) Common Noun
(C) Collective Noun
(D) Material Noun
(E) Abstract Noun
Answer: (B)
Explanation:
Camera is a Common Noun.
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