Noun - A noun is a word used to refer to people, animals, objects, states, substances, events, ideas, and feelings. It functions as a subject or object of a verb and also can be modified by an adjective.
Example - Mohan, tiger, desk, love, freedom.
- I live in India.
- Sarita is my sister.
- I love to play with my dog.
1. Kind of Noun: There are different kinds of nouns.
1. Common Noun: It is the name given in common to every person or thing of a similar kind. However, it refers to the name of a single person, place, or thing.
E.g. (a.) I really like the song that is playing on the radio.
(b.) Let's pick the pink flowers for your sister.
(c.) People: girl, boy, engineer, president.
(d.) Places: city, house, country, beach, yard.
(e.)Things: pen, pencil, phone, candle, desk
(f.) Ideas: courage, sadness, confidence.
2. Collective Noun: A collective noun describes a group of things or people as a unit. This noun is considered to be singular, and a singular verb is used with them.
E.g. (a.) The union has submitted its report.
(b.) Our class took a field trip to the natural geography museum.
(c.) Napolean's army was finally defeated at Waterloo.
(d.) Groups = A very general term used to describe people, things, places, and animals.
(e.) Crowd = group of people.
(f.) Shoal = a group of fish.
(g.) Swarms = a group of insects.
3. Abstract Noun: It is the name of an idea, quality, state, or concept (love, freedom, courage). Concrete nouns name something recognizable through the sense (dog, air, tree)
E.g. (a.) Fear - She was full of fear.
(b.) Love - Love is a wonderful thing!
(c.) Peace - Let there be peace on.
4. Compound Noun: A compound noun refers to two or more nouns combined to form a single noun. (fruit juice, schoolgirl, mother-in-law)
E.g. (a.) Emma is my sister-in-law.
(b.) The police-man rushed to the scene of the crime.
(c.) Get your hair-cut today.
5. Countable Noun: Countable (or count) nouns have a singular and a plural form. In the plural, these nouns can be used with a number- they can be counted. (E.g. Chairs, boys, houses, friends).
Uncountable (non-count) nouns, however, can only be used in the singular. They can't be counted. (E.g. Money, rice, water, coffee).
E.g. (a.) There are almost 15 restaurants in Mumbai where I like to go.
(b.) We took many photographs when we went to the hill stations.
2. Number of Noun: (Singular vs Plural). A noun can singular or plural. Mostly he plural form of a noun is formed by adding "-s" at the end of the noun. But this is not always the case. There are exceptions to the rule. Some plural nouns are irregular.
1. Singular Noun: It refers to one person, one place, one idea, or one thing.
Eg. (a.) A boy is playing football on the ground.
(b.) There is only one window in that house.
2. Plural Noun: It refers to more than one person, place, thing, or idea. For the plural form of the most nouns, add "-s" to the end of the word.
E.g. (a.) We have bought new books.
(b.) My sisters have given me a gift on Rakhi.
3. For some plurals, there are different ending to the word. The noun that end in "-x", "-s", "-ch", add "-es" to make plural number.
box - boxes (-es added after -x end)
dress - dresses (-es added after -s end)
watch - watches (-e added after -ch end)
4. Nouns ending with "-f", or "-fe" changes "f" to "v", and "-es" to make plural.
life - lives wife - wives
leaf - leaves knife - knives
5. Some nouns have a different plural form.
child - children mouse - mice
man - men woman - women
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