NOUN
Definition: A noun is a word, it is used as
the name of a person, animal, place, bird, idea, emotion or thing
Types of Nouns
NOUNS
ARE NAMING words. They identify people, things or place in our world. Nouns
come in six different forms: proper, common, abstract, concrete, collective,
and compound.
1.
Common Noun
Definition: A common noun is a
name given in common to every person or thing of the same class of kind. These
common nouns are words for:
Profession:
Translator, manager, teacher, barber, headmaster, artist, dancer
Places : Bandung, Jakarta, London, Park, hotel,
mosque, school, mall, zoo, bank, library
Animals: Dog, Cat,
Tiger, Lion, Kitten, Elephant, Bear
Things : Pen, book, car, paper, printer, calculator
2.
Proper Noun
Definition: A proper noun is the
name of some particular person, place, thing, particular event, or group. This
proper noun begins with a capital letter. If the noun is nonspecific, that is,
the noun refers to a general idea and not a specific person, place, or thing,
it is usually not a proper noun, so it is not capitalized. Example
Specific: World War II, German
Class, The English Students’ Association
People : Harry Potter, Aladdin, Barack Obama, George Washington, Aristoteles
Days : Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Months : January, February, March, April, etc.
Special Days: Valentine’s Day,
New Year’s Day, Ramadhan, Thanksgiving
Famous Places: The Taj Mahal, The
Statue of Liberty, The Great Wall of China, etc
Nationality: Indonesian, Arabian,
Indian, German
3. Collective Noun
Definition: (1)A collective noun
is a name of a number (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. (2) Nouns that refer to a specific group
of persons or things are called Collective Nouns.
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Groups
of people: a family, a committee, a band, the government, the army, a panel of
judges, etc
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Groups
of Animals: a brood of chickens, a swarm of bees, a pride of lions, a flock of
birds
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Groups
of Things: a bunch of flower, a cluster of grapes, a set of furniture, a bar of
chocolate, a loaf of bread, a piece of advice
4. Abstract Noun
Definition: An abstract noun is
usually the name of a feelings, ideas, action, state and characteristics, or
qualities considered apart from the object to which it belongs as. Most
abstract nouns end with these suffixes:
-ism:
nationalism, -ment: argument, -ity: personality, -ion: organization, -ship:
friendship, -ence: silence
This
abstract noun cannot be seen, heard, touched or tasted but it can only be felt
by our sense. The abstract noun is not visible.
Quality:
wiseness, goodness, kindness, whiteness, darkness, honesty, wisdom, bravery
Action:
jog, laughter, theft, movement, judgement, hatred
State:
poverty, childhood, boyhood, manhood, youth, slavery, sleep, death
5. Countable and Uncountable Noun
- Countable noun are the names of
objects, people, etc. that we can count. And they have their own singular and
plural forms.
E.g. Book, apple, horse, student
- Uncountable Noun
are the names of things which we
cannot count, e.g. milk, oil, sugar, gold, honesty. The uncountable nouns
generally refer to:
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Drinks:
coffe, tea
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Liquids:
milk, oil, petrol
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Gases:
Oxygen, air
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Materials:
wood, glass, silver, gold
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Games:
cricket, football, tennis
Countable
nouns have plural forms while uncountable nouns do not. Even the abstract nouns
are also uncountable nouns. For example, we say boys but we cannot say oils.
6. Material Noun
There are the raw elements or
objects existing in nature. Those are Iron, aluminium, gold, silver, stones,
plastic
COMPOUND NOUNS
When we put two or more words
together to create a new word, we have made a compound noun
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noun + noun
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police officer
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ice-cream
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firefighter
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noun + verb
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carwash
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haircut
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milkshake
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verb + noun
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cross-road
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cookbook
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jump rope
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adjective + noun
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black eye
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blue jeans
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hotdog
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adverb + noun
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on-looker
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downtime
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overtime
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adverb + verb
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input
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output
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upswing
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THE NOUN - EXERCIES
Find Common, Proper, Abstract, Material, Collective, Countable, Uncountable, Concrete Nouns from the following list.
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1. Which of the following noun
is a Proper Noun?
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a) singer
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b) Peter
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c) milk
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d) sister
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2. Which of the following noun
is a Common Noun?
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a) birds
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b) London
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c) iron
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d) India
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3. Which of the following noun
is a Collective Noun?
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a) team
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b) book
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c) marbles
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d) ships
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4. Artist is a ............
Noun?
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a) Collective
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b) Abstract
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c) Concrete
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d) Countable
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5. Family is a ............
Noun?
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a) Collective
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b) Abstract
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c) Concrete
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d) Countable
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6. Which of the following noun
is not a Abstract Noun?
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a) goodness
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b) bravery
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c) family
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d) childhood
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7. Which of the following noun
is not a Countable Noun?
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a) books
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b) gold
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c) horse
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d) apple
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8. Which of the following noun
is not a Proper Noun?
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a) team
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b) London
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c) Monday
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d) Nelson
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9. Birds fly in the sky.
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a) Proper Noun
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b) Common Noun
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c) Abstract Noun
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d) Collective Noun
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10. I saw a bunch of grapes.
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a) Common Noun
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b) Material Noun
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c) Collective Noun
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d) Abstract Noun
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Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with suitable collective nouns :
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( good ness,
bunch, iron, chain, queen, school, hive, set, wood, horse, paper )
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1. I have lost a
........... of keys.
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2. There seems
to be a plan behind this ........ of events.
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3. There is a
large ........ of fish near the coast.
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4. Do not
disturb that ...... of bees.
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5. There is a
fine ..... of pictures in the palace.
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Common Nouns Exercises: Name the
professionals
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