Noun

* Def:- Noun is the name of any person, place, thing, quality or anything.

Eg: Rakesh, Boy, Country, Honesty, Wood, Iron, Boyhood, etc.

* Types:- Noun are of five types. They are:

• Proper Noun.
• Common Noun.
• Material Noun.
• Collective Noun.
• Abstract Noun.

i) Proper Noun: It is the name of a particular person, place, thing or event.

Eg: Rajesh, the Taj Mahal, Kolkata, the Hindus, the Muslims, etc.

ii) Common Noun: It is a word that denotes common to every person or thing of the same kind.

Eg: Man, Book, School, Mountain, etc.

iii) Material Noun: It denotes the name of a substance or matter of which things are made.

Eg: Wood, Iron, Silver, Plastic, Gold, etc.

iv) Collective Noun: It is the name of the collection or group of person or thing or

animal taken as a whole.

Eg: A cluster of stars, A flock of sheep, An army of ant, A bunch of grapes, A bouquet of flowers, etc.

v) Abstract Noun: It is the word that denotes the name of quality, action or state belonging to a noun or noun equivalent.

** Abstract noun generally ends with: -ness, -tion, -hood, -ship, -dom, -ment,- ism, -th, -ty, -ce, -cy.

Eg: Goodness, Education, Childhood, Friendship, Freedom, Agreement, Hinduism, Truth, Loyalty, Justice,

Infancy, etc.