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Kinds of Noun

Treditional Classification of noun


acourding to treditional english grammar there are 5 kinds of nouns:


  • Proper Noun
  • Common Noun
  • Collective Noun
  • Material Noun
  • Abstract Noun

  • 1.Countable Noun


    A noun which can be counted is called a countable noun.


  • Veena
  • Gril
  • Boy
  • Book
  • Apple
  • Elephant
  • Army
  • Class
  • etc.

    2 Uncountable noun


    A noun which cannot be counted is called uncountable noun.


    Example
  • Milk
  • ink
  • illness
  • honesty
  • coffee
  • emotions
  • etc.

    Proper Noun


    A proper noun is the name of a particular person, animal, place or thing.


    Example
  • Jonson
  • Ram
  • India
  • Ganga
  • Jack
  • Bible
  • Gita
  • etc.

    Common Noun


    A noun is the name given to every thing or person of the same class or kind.


    Example
  • man
  • Girl
  • Country
  • State
  • Day
  • School
  • Book
  • etc.

    Collective Noun


    A collective noun is the name given to a collection of people, animals or things taken as a whole.


    Example
  • team
  • crowd
  • herd
  • class
  • army
  • family
  • flock
  • bunch
  • mob
  • etc.

    Material Noun


    A material noun is the name of a matter or substance which is measured or weight but not counted.


    Example
  • Milk
  • wood
  • paper
  • butter
  • gold
  • coal
  • rice
  • iron
  • paddy
  • suger
  • ghee
  • oil
  • etc.

    Abstract Noun


    An abstract noun is the name of quality, condition or action.


    Example
  • love
  • beauty
  • birth
  • music
  • friendship
  • honesty
  • truth
  • life
  • sleep
  • heat
  • etc.

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