define noun and it's kind
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Explanation:
noun : a noun is the place , person , animal ,or thing .
there are five kinds of noun
(1.) proper noun
(2.) common noun
(3.) collective noun
(4.) material noun
(5.) abstract noun
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Defining a Noun
A Noun is the name of a person, animal, place, thing or quality.
- »»»All naming words are Nouns.
Kinds of Nouns
There are five kinds of Nouns:
- Proper Nouns :- India, Lucknow, Yamuna, Raman
- Common Noun :- boy, girl, person, city, river
- Collective Nouns :- army, class, navy, flock, family
- Material Nouns :- gold, silver, aluminium, milk, sugar
- Abstract Noun :- honesty, kindness, childhood, hatred, beauty
1. Proper Nouns
A Proper Noun always begins with a Capital Letter.
- A Proper Noun is the name of a particular person, place or a thing.
Note: Proper Nouns include the names of people, countries, cities, towns, villages, rivers, ships, streets, buildings, mountains, seas, months of the year, days of the week, festivals, etc.
2. Common noun:-
A noun which doesn't point out any particular person, place or thing but it is common to all persons or things of the same class or kind is called a Common Noun.
For example:- boy, girl, person, city, river
3. Collective Nouns
A Collective Noun is the name of a collection of persons or things taken together and spoken of as one whole.
For example,
- The word bunch stands for a collection of keys.
- The word class stands for a collection of students.
- The word team stands for a collection of players.
4. Material Nouns
A Noun which stands for the matter or substance of which things are made of is called a Material Noun
Examples: iron, silver, gold, sugar, milk, cotton, wood, etc.
5. Abstract Nouns
An Abstract Noun is the name of a quality, feeling or idea that we can only think of or feel but cannot touch or see.
Words like heat, beauty, wisdom, truth, love, anger, height, depth, etc. are Abstract Nouns.
- We can feel heat, but we cannot touch or see it; what we touch or see is a hot object and not heat. Similarly, we can think of love but cannot see or touch love