TYPES OF NOUNS

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1. TYPES OF NOUNS

2. PRESENTED
BY

SELVIRAVEENDRAN

3. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

4. What are they?

5. DEFINITION OF NOUN:
A noun is a naming word. It can be the
name of a person, place or thing.
Example of noun:
Women, pen, pencil, hotel, tajmahal.

6. TYPES OF NOUN:
1.Proper Noun.
2.Common Noun.
3.Collective noun.
4.Abstract noun.
5.Material Noun.

7. PROPER NOUN:
A proper noun is a special name of a
particular person, place or thing.

Examples:
1.Ravi,Sheela,Akbar(person)
2.Delhi,london,Agra(place)
3.Television,Table,Book(thing)

Exercise:
Kamala is a fine dancer. (find a noun)

8. COMMON NOUN:
A common noun is the general, ordinary
name of a person, place or thing.
Example:
girl, boy, sister, brother (persons)
hospital, country, town (places)
water, butter, book, car (things)
Exercise:
Underline the common noun.
* Ram lives in a village.
* Somu is my brother.

9. COLLECTIVE NOUN:
A collective noun is the name of a group
or collection of similar persons.
Example:
committee, Fleet, a team of cricketers, a
group of dancers, a herd of cattle, a flock
of birds.

Exercise:
Find out the collective noun from the
following:
* I saw a bunch of flowers.
* We saw a fleet of ships.

10. ABSTRACT NOUN:
An abstract noun is the name of a quality
that persons or things have, action they
take or state they find themselves in.
Example:
Darkness, Kindness, Brightness, bravery
Exercise:
Underline the abstract noun from the
following:
* She was a Queen of beauty.
* We respect honesty.
* I was happy in my childhood.

11. MATERIAL NOUN:
Material noun is the name of a substance of
which things are made.

Example:
Iron, Gold, Brass, Marble, Copper, Steel,
Cotton, Silver.

Exercise:
Find out the material noun from the following:
1. Plastic is of much use.
2. Cotton dress is cheap.
3. Iron is very useful metal.

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