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Types of Nouns

Types Of Noun

  1.   Noun
  2. Common And Proper Noun
  3. Countable And Uncountable Noun
  4. Singular To Plural Noun 

1.  What is Noun?

Definition:
A noun is a naming word. It is the name of a person, place, animal, or thing.

     Examples:

Person

Animal

Place

Thing

teacher

dog

school

book

mother

cat

park

pen

doctor

lion

city

ball

2.  What Is Common and Proper Noun?

  • Common Noun

Definition:
A common noun is a general name for people, animals, places, or things. It does not begin with a capital letter (unless it is at the start of a sentence).

 Examples:

boy, girl, city, dog, book

  •  Proper Noun

Definition:
A proper noun is the special name of a person, place, animal, or thing. It always begins with a capital letter.

Examples:

Riya (girl’s name), Delhi (city), Tommy (dog’s name), Bible (book’s name)

Person

Animal

Place

Thing

Riya

Tommy

Delhi

Bible

girl’s name

dog’s name

city

book’s name

3.  What Is Countable and Uncountable Noun?

  • Countable Noun

Definition:
A countable noun is something you can count using numbers (1, 2, 3…).

Examples:

·       1 apple, 2 apples

·       1 chair, 3 chairs

·       1 car, 4 cars

  •   Uncountable Noun

Definition:
An uncountable noun is something you cannot count. It does not have plural forms.

Examples:

·       milk, sugar, water, rice, air

What Is Singular and Plural Noun?

  • Singular Noun

Definition:
A singular noun means one person, place, animal, or thing.

Examples:

one pen, one boy, one apple

  • Plural Noun

Definition:
A plural noun means more than one person, place, animal, or thing.

How to make plurals:

Add -s → book → books

Add -es → bus → buses

Change y to i + es → baby → babies

Irregular forms → man → men, child → children

Examples:

one pen → two pens

one boy → three boys

one baby → many babies

one child → two children



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