Noun, its Types and Classification
- 3. • Nouns are the words that names a person ,place ,ideas or things. • The word “noun” come from the Latin “nomen” that means name.
- 4. • Just everything that we see, touch, smell, taste, make and even think. • For example : • Car , light, phone, pincil, water, college, book etc.
- 5. Two of Noun • A common noun is the word used for a class of person, place or thing. • Examples: • car, man, bridge, town,water, metal • A proper noun is the name of a person, place or thing (i.e., its own name). A proper noun always starts with a capital letter. For Examples: • Michael , Pakistan, UET Taxila, Minar-e-Pakistan,
- 6. A common noun does not start with a capital letter (unless it starts a sentence or is part of a title). It is a common mistake to capitalize a common noun that is an important word in a sentence. Common nouns are capitalized only when they start a sentence.
- 9. • Concrete nouns – things you can see or touch. • Examples: • tree, cloud, hen, knife
- 10. Things you cannot see or touch. Or Names something you cannot perceive with your five senses. Examples: Hope, idea, kindness, sadness, joy
- 11. Nouns made up of more than one word. They are classified in three groups: • Hyphenated word (self-rule, sister-in- law, thirty-three) • Separated word (coffee table, dinning room) • Combined word (highschool, landlord, girlfriend)
- 12. Words to describe groups. Names a group of people or things Example: Faimly, class, team, choir
- 13. Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They are things that we can count. . For example: "pen". We can count pens. We can have one, two, three or more pens. Here are some more countable nouns: dog, cat, animal, man, person bottle, box, litre coin, note, dollar
- 14. Countable nouns can be singular or plural. Lion Cup Pen Lions Cups Pens
- 15. Non-countable nouns (mass nouns): A mass noun is a noun that names things that in English cannot usually be counted. A mass noun (also known as a noncount noun) is generally used only in the singular. Examples: food, music, luck, work, advice
- 16. A gender-specific noun refers specifically to a male or a female. Examples: actress / waitress / sow (gender specific - female) Dad / bull / uncle / drake (gender specific - male) These are not gender-specific nouns: soldier / cat / whale / mouse(not gender specific)
- 17. Verbal nouns : Nouns derived from verbs. Examples: building, attack
- 18. A possessive noun shows ownership by adding an apostrophe, an "s" or both. To make a single noun possessive, simply add an apostrophe and an "s." Examples: Gym’s rules, House’s roof, Sun’s rays, Today’s newspaper