What is a Noun?

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Every word is a part of speech.

“A noun is a word used for naming some person or thing.”  ~ J. C. Nesfield 

“A noun is a word used as the name of a person, place or thing”   ~ Wren & Martin 

Types of Noun

– Proper Noun – Common Noun – Abstract Noun – Concrete Noun – Collective Noun – Compound Noun – Possessive Noun – Regular Plural Noun – Irregular Plural Noun – Countable Noun – Uncountable Noun

Proper Noun

A proper noun is a name which refers only to a single person, place, or thing and there is no common name for it. 

Examples:

Sydney, Steve, Australia.

Example sentences:

– He moved to Canada when he was young.

Common Noun

A common noun is a name for something which is common for many things, person, or places. 

Example sentences:

– They talk about movies and celebrities.

Examples:

Country, city.

Abstract Noun 

Abstract nouns refer to abstract objects such as ideas, thoughts, or concepts that can not be seen, felt, or held. 

Examples:

Love, Hate, Joy, Sadness, Sympathy, Excitement, Freedom, Depression, friendship, etc. 

Example sentences:

– Different people may have different ideas, opinions, and beliefs.

Concrete Noun

A concrete noun is the exact opposite of an abstract noun. It refers to the things we see and have physical existence. 

Examples:

Cake, Dog, Fire, Umbrella, Chair, sugar, water, ball , Book, etc. 

Example sentences:

– The teacher handed out the textbooks to all of her high school students.

Collective Noun

A collective noun is a word for a group of things, people, or animals, etc. 

Examples:

family, team, jury, cattle, Bouquet, Forrest, Class, crew , etc. 

Example sentences:

– Sonya’s boyfriend bought a bouquet of flowers to give to her before her date.

Compound Noun

Sometimes two or three nouns appear together, or even with other parts of speech, and create idiomatic compound nouns. 

Examples:

snowball, mailbox, Toothpaste, Sunflower, Ice cream, Airplane, Blueberry, etc. 

Example sentences:

– Today, My grandfather turned seventy-nine years old, and they celebrated with a family gathering.

Possessive Noun 

A possessive noun is a noun that names who or what owns or has possession of something. 

Examples:

My, Your, Hers, His, Mine, Ours, Theirs, etc. 

Example sentences:

– The smiling parents were proud of their children because they knew that they had done their best.

Countable Noun

The nouns that can be counted are called countable nouns.Countable nouns can take an article: a, an, the. 

Examples:

table, Animals, Houses, People, Chair, ball, bat, Windows, etc. 

Example sentences:

– The elderly farmer’s son decided to take care of cows, chickens, goats, and sheep that his father left behind.

Uncountable Noun

The nouns that cannot be counted are called Uncountable nouns. A noun which can be counted in cardinal numbers (1, 2, 3 . . .) is called a countable noun. 

Examples:

Water, Oil, Salt, Sugar, Rain, Light, Love, Music, Milk, etc. 

Example sentences:

– My cousin helped me move the furniture into my new apartment.

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