NOUN & ITS KINDS

Submitted By : Upasna Aneja“Aruna Asif Ali School” Tuglakabad Extn.

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

For example

Meera (name o f person) Kera la (name o f p lace ) Tab le (name o f th ing) Pover ty (name o f qua l i t y )

Classification of nouns

Common nounsProper nounsCollective nounsAbstract nounsMaterial nouns

Common noun

A common noun is a name given in common to every person, place, animal or thing of the same kind or class.

For example – boy, girl, town, city, cat, dog, bat, ball etc.

Proper noun

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

For example – Taj Mahal, APJ Abdul Kalam, India etc.

Collective Noun

A collective noun is the name given to a collection of persons or things of the same kind.

For example – crowd, mob, team, army, jury, fleet, family, committee etc.

Abstract Noun

Abstract noun is the name given to a quality, state, action or feeling.

For example – goodness, kindness, honesty, wisdom, laughter, childhood, slavery, poverty etc.

Material Noun

A material noun is the name of a material or substance.

For example – silver, gold, wood, water, mud etc.

Point out the nouns in the following sentences & say whether they are proper, common, collective or abstract noun.

• Always speak the truth.

• The crowd was very big.

• Honesty is the best policy.

• The elephant has great strength.

• Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India.

• Our team is better than theirs.

• Wisdom is better than strength.

• We saw a fleet of ships.

Match the pictures with correct kind of Noun

Proper Noun

Common Noun

Material Noun

Abstract Noun

Match the pictures with correct kind of Noun

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Material Noun

Abstract Noun

Match the pictures with correct kind of Noun

Proper Noun

Common Noun

Material Noun

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Match the pictures with correct kind of Noun

Proper Noun

Common Noun

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Match the pictures with correct kind of Noun

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Common Noun

Material Noun

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