Noun Types of Noun

 

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What is Noun?

The noun is basically the name of a person, place, or thing. A worldwide simple and easy definition of a noun.

Today we are going to discuss it deeper.

Basically, Noun is a grammatical category and it has five cases.

Nominative Noun:

The subject of a verb is a nominative Noun.

•  Sara goes to university.
• Ali eats apples.
• Paris is in France.

Accusative Noun:

The object used in a sentence is called an accusative Noun.

•  I saw Sofia.
• Put the glass on the table.
• Henry is reading a book.

Vocative case:

When we call someone with his/her name or nickname is a vocative case. We use it at the start and end of the sentence.

• Jim are you joking.
• Anna are you leaving.
• Jack thinks about it again.

Appositive case:

In this, we specify the names of things. The things are connected with the previous or afterword.

• My sister Suzan is here.
• My friend Sofia has passed the exams.
• The series Games of Thrones is very famous.

Possessive case:

It shows a procession of nouns. Like the use of my, mine, or yours,  but The use of prepositions is not considered a positive case.

• The Queen's gown is beautiful.
• This new car is mine.
• I got a prize which is Yours.

Types of Nouns:

1) Proper Noun

2) Common Noun

3) Collective Noun

4) Abstract Noun

5) Material Noun

6) Concrete Noun

7) Compound Noun

8) Countable Noun

9) Uncountable Noun

Proper Noun:

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

•  Ayesha is a beautiful girl.
• I live in Paris.
• You have a red pencil.

Common Noun:

A non-specific name of a person, place, or thing is a common noun.

•  The dog is barking.
•  She is a beautiful girl.
• Pakistan is a beautiful

Collective Noun:

It is the name of a collection of things as a whole that means something in a group.

•   A pack of hounds is howling.
•  A panel is generating results.
•  He gives me a box of chocolates.

Abstract Noun:

Abstract noun represents an idea that we can't sense. 

•  love is a beautiful feeling.
• She hates me.
•  Beauty is desirable. 

Material Noun:

The name of things that are used to make different things and have physical existence is a material noun.

•  Give me a glass of water.
• I like to drink milk.
• Please add some sugar.

Concrete Noun:

A noun that can be identified by our five senses (seeing, smelling, touching, tasting, hearing) is a concrete noun.

• The Ocean is very deep.
• I like this book.
•  This food is delicious.

Compound Noun:

A noun that is made up of two or more existing words is a compound Noun.

•  Kids are playing in the playground.
•  Kids are playing football.
•   I like to swim in a swimming pool.

Countable Noun:

The names of things that can be counted.

•  A Dog is chasing a cat.
•  Please sit on a chair.
• The table is very dirty.

Uncountable Noun:

The things that we can't count are Uncountable Nouns.

• I would like to drink lentil soup.
• Bring a sack of rice.
• Give me a glass of milk.