CHAPTER 2 - NOUN

It is name of the person, place or things?

Here are some examples of nouns: boy, river, friend,

Mexico, triangle, day, school, truth, university, idea,
John F. Kennedy, movie, aunt, vacation, eye, dream,
flag, teacher, class, grammar.

John F. Kennedy is a noun because it is the name of a

person; Mexico is a noun because it is the name of a
place; and boy is a noun because it is the name of a
thing.

Let’s take some examples –

Ram was a great king.

Allahabad is on the banks of river Ganga.
The sunshine’s bright.

Note – Things includes

All objects that we can see, hear, taste, touch, or smell.

Something that we can think of but cannot perceive by

senses.
Types of Nouns – There are majorly divided into 2
groups -

Proper Noun Common Noun

Definition – It is the name Definition – It is the name

of person or place. It given in common to every
always starts with a person or thing of the
capital letter. same class or kind.

Some examples of proper Some examples of proper

nouns are: Mexico, John F. nouns are: class, girl, boy,
Kennedy, Atlantic Ocean, city, country.
February, Monday, New
York City, Susan, Maple
Street, Burger King.
1. Girl is a common
noun
1. Sita is proper Noun
2. Boy is a common
2. Hari is a proper Noun
noun
3. Kolkatta is a proper
3. City is a common
noun
noun
4. India is proper noun
 4. Country is a common
noun

SOME OTHER TYPES OF NOUNS–

Collectiv Abstract Nouns Countable Uncountab
e Nouns Nouns le Nouns

Definitio Definition – is Definition Definition

n – is the the name of – are the – are the
name of quality, action, names of names of
the state. objects, the things
number which we
E.g. – People,
(or cannot
etc. That
Collectio Quality – count.
we can
n) of Goodness,
count.
persons Kindness,
or things whiteness, E.g. –

taken Hardness, E.g. –

together brightness,
Milk, oil,
and
sugar,
spoken as Honesty, Book, Pen, gold,
one Wisdom, Bravery. Apple, honesty.
boy,

Sister,
E.g. – Action –
doctor,
Laughter, Theft,
horse.
movement,
Crowd,
Judgment, hatred.
team,
Countable
heard, nouns
army, State – childhood, have
Fleet, Boyhood, youth,
Plural
slavery,
jury form but
,family, Sleep,sickness,de uncountab
nation, ath, le nouns
Committe Poverty. do not.
e.

The names of E.g. – we

A Fleet – Arts and Sciences say
Collectio are also abstract “Books”
n of ships nouns (E.g. – but we
or Grammer,Music, cannot say
vessels. “milks”
Chemistry
An army
–a
collection
of
soldiers

THE NOUN GENDER-

Masculine Feminine Commo Neuter
Gender Gender n Gender
Gender

Def. – The Def. –The noun Def. – Def. – the

noun that that denotes a The noun that
denotes female. noun denotes
male. that neither
denotes
 E.g. – either a male nor
Girl,Lioness,Hero male or female.
E.g. –
ine a
Boy,Lion,He
female.
ro
E.g. –
Book,Pen,Tr
E.g. – ee
Parent,
Child,

Servant

THE NOUN NUMBER –

Singular Noun Plural Noun

Def. –The noun that Def. – The noun that

denotes one person or denotes more than one
thing. person or thing.

E.g. – Boy,Girl,Cow E.g. – Boys, Girls, Cows.

ABSTRACT NOUNS

An abstract noun is a noun that you cannot sense; it is

the name we give to an emotion, ideal or idea. They
have no physical existence, you can't see, hear, touch,
smell or taste them. The opposite of an abstract noun is
a concrete noun.

For example:-

Justice; an idea, bravery and happiness are all abstract

nouns.

COMPOUND NOUNS

A compound noun is a noun that is made up of two or

more words. Most compound nouns in English are
formed by nouns modified by other nouns or adjectives.

For example:

The words tooth and paste are each nouns in their own
right, but if you join them together they form a new
word - toothpaste.

The word black is an adjective and board is a noun, but

if you join them together they form a new word -
blackboard.
In both these example the first word modifies or
describes the second word, telling us what kind of object
or person it is, or what its purpose is. And the second
part identifies the object or person in question.

Compound nouns can also be formed using the

following combinations of words:-

Noun + Noun toothpaste

Adjective + Noun monthly ticket
Verb + Noun swimming pool
Preposition + Noun underground
Noun + Verb haircut
Noun + Preposition hanger on
Adjective + Verb dry-cleaning
Preposition + Verb output

The two parts may be written in a number of ways:-

1. Sometimes the two words are joined together.

Example: tooth + paste = toothpaste | bed + room =
bedroom

2. Sometimes they are joined using a hyphen.

Example: check-in
3. Sometimes they appear as two separate words.
Example: full moon

A good dictionary will tell you how you should write

each compound noun.

Concrete Nouns

A concrete noun is the name of something or someone

that we experience through our senses, sight, hearing,
smell, touch or taste. Most nouns are concrete nouns.
The opposite of a concrete noun is an abstract noun.

For example:-

Cats, dogs, tables, chairs, buses, and teachers are all

concrete nouns.

GERUND NOUNS

A gerund (often known as an -ing word) is a noun

formed from a verb by adding -ing. It can follow a
preposition, adjective and most often another verb.

For example:

• I enjoy walking.
PREDICATE NOUNS

A predicate noun follows a form of the verb "to be".

He is an idiot. (Here idiot is a predicate noun because it

follows is; a form of the verb "be".)

A predicate noun renames the subject of a sentence.

Margaret Thatcher was the Prime Minister. (Margaret

Thatcher is the subject and Prime Minister is the predicate
noun - notice it follows 'was' the past tense of 'to be'.)