Noun | Types of Noun

The largest class of words in most languages, including English is Noun

Noun 

(A naming word.)

It is the name of a thing and its name is its identity.

It can be the name of a thing, an idea, a place or a person

  

 There are two types of Noun

First, Physical in nature call concrete noun

and another is Non-Physical in nature call abstract noun

1-Abstract noun:  It is also called non-physical object which has no shape and which we can neither feel with our five senses

 It includes - human quality, character, emotion feeling idiot order

  Examples:-

1. destruction
2. curiosity
3. happiness
4. intelligence
5. loyalty

2-Concrete noun. A physical objects,

It's something that you can feel with at least one of your senses.

 Examples:-

1. Teacher
2. cat
3. ice cream
4. diploma
5. airplane

  Concrete noun can be divided into two part

•Proper noun 

•Common nouns

2.1 Proper noun: - It identifies a single entity. Which can be a particular person, place things, and it alway started with Capital letter,

 Examples:-

1. Anand
2. Hindustan
3. Delhi
4. Indian Ocean
5. Himalaya

 2.2 Common nouns: which identifies common names.  It is the generic name for a person place things

 Examples:-

1. Man
2. Country
3. State
4. Ocean
5. Mountain

 We can also divide common nouns into two parts, 

•Countable noun

•Uncountable noun

 And between these two is variable Noun

 

Variable noun: It has combine the behavior of count and uncount nouns.

 (They are like count nouns when they refer to an instance or more than an instance of something, eg an injustice; discussed, or to individual members of a class, eg a cake; cakes. Otherwise they behave like uncount nouns, referring to a  substance or thing in more general terms)

 2.2.1 Uncountable nouns: the things or substance which can't count with numbers (we cannot count with that thing or thing)

 Examples:-

1. Water
2. Iron
3. Sugar
4. Sand
5. Food 

 2.2.2 Countable nouns are for things we can count using numbers.  They have a singular and a plural form.

•Singular form is called singular noun, and 

•Plular form is called plular noun 

And between these two comes collective

noun 

 Collective noun: a singular noun, such as 'committee' or 'team', that  refers to a group of people, animals or things which is usually treated as singular

Eg.

1. Group of fans
2. Family of trees
3. Galaxy of stars
4. Bunch of flowers
5. Box of chocolate

2.2.2.1 Singular noun: - It is a word that refers to only one person, one place, one thing, or one idea.

 Examples

1. Fan
2. Tree
3. Star
4. Flower
5. Chocolate

 2.2.2.2 Plular noun: - It is a word that indicates that there is more than one person, animal place, thing, or idea

 Example

1. Fans
2. Trees
3. Stars
4. Flowers
5. Chocolates