1. Proper Noun:
“a proper noun is the name of some particular person or place. “
Ex-Ram,, Shyam, Delhi.
2. Common Noun:
“A Common noun is a name given in common to every person or thing of the same kind or class. “
Ex- boy, girl, teacher etc.
3. Collective Noun:
“A collective noun is the name of a group of persons or things. “
Ex- army, committee, crowd etc.
4.Abstract Noun:
“a noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object.”
Ex- strength, innocence, fear, judgment. Etc.
5. Material Noun:
“Material noun is the name given to the material, substance or things made up of The alloy.”
Ex- cotton, gold, silver etc.
1. Masculine Gender
A noun that denotes male animal is said to be of the Masculine Gender.
Ex- Man, boy, Tiger, Sun etc.
2. Feminine Gender:
A noun that denotes a female animal is said to be of the Feminine Gender.
Ex- woman, girl, nature, lioness etc.
3. Common Gender:
A noun that denotes either a male or a female is said to be of the common gender.
Ex- Parent, child, student, cousin etc.
4.Neuter Gender:
A noun that denotes a thing without life, neither male nor female, is said to be of the Neuter gender.
Ex- Book, Pen, room etc.
1. Singular Noun:
A noun that denotes one person or thing, is said to be in the Singular Number.
Ex- pen, cow, boy etc.
2. Plural Noun:
A noun that denotes more than one person or thing, is said to be in the plural Number.
Ex- Pens, Boys, Cows etc
“Countable nouns are the names of objects, people etc that we can count.”
Ex- book, apple, doctor, horse etc.
“Uncountable nouns are the names of things which we can’t count.”
They mainly denote substance and abstract things.
Ex- milk, oil, sugar, gold, honesty etc.
“The case of a noun tells us about the position of that noun or pronoun in a sentence. In English, there are five cases.”
Nominative case: a noun is said to be in the nominative case if it is the subject of a verb.
Ex- Ram is an intelligent boy.
Objective case: Nouns or Pronouns are said to be in objective case if they are the direct object of verbs or the objects of the preposition.
Dative case: A noun is said to be in Dative case if it is the indirect object of the verb.
Rohan brought me a flower. (‘Me’ is in dative case)
Possessive case: A noun is said to be in the possessive case if it denotes possession or ownership.
Ex- This is your pencil. (‘your’ is in possessive case)
Vocative case: A noun or pronoun is said to be in vocative case if it is used to call ( or to get attention of a person or persons)
Ex- Mr. Mallya, people are waiting for you in the hall. (Mr. Mallya is in vocative case)
“when one noun follows another to describe it, the noun which follows is said to be in apposition to the noun which comes before it. “
Ex- Ram, our captain, made fifty runs.
Kabir, the great reformer, was a weaver.
