
Noun refers to a name it used to be as “things”, “Place” “Person” etc.
books , building, car, girl, boy, Cow, bus, shoes, cake, Nouns is the part of speech.
Uses : linking with Verb ,John is a Teacher, As subject of the sentence the professor started the new lesson today. Noun shows possession, Boy’s Bike cycle, Smith’s Bag
Gender:
Masculine: Men, Boy etc.
Feminine: Women, Girl etc.
some Nouns represent people:
Boy /Girl | Uncle /Aunt | Man /Woman | Husband /Wife | Father /Mother | Gentleman /Lady | Son /Daughter |
Some Nouns Represent profession:
Doctor | Nurse | Tailor | Driver | Engineer | Teacher | professor |
Plural of Noun:
Nouns End with adding “S”
Singular | Plural |
Book | Books |
Mother | Mothers |
Teacher | Teacher |
Building | Buildings |
Nouns End with Adding “ES”
Box | Boxes |
Tomato | Tomatoes |
Kiss | kisses |
Dish | Dishes |
Noun End with Adding “ES”
Singular | Plural |
Box | Boxes |
Tomato | Tomatoes |
Kiss | kisses |
Dish | Dishes |
Nouns ending with “Y” following consonant replace by “IE”
Singular | Plural |
Baby | Babies |
Story | Stories |
Fly | Flies |
City | Cities |
Some Nouns plural by Vowel change.
Singular | Plural |
Foot | Feet |
Woman | Women |
Man | Men |
Tooth | Teeth |
Mouse | Mice |
Nouns end On “F” or “FE”. adds “VES”.
Singular | Plural |
Leaf | Leaves |
Hoof | Hooves |
Scarfs | Scarves |
Types of Noun:
- Common :It denotes to a generic uses like, girl , boy, Dog, Building,Restaurant.
- Proper : It refers to a specific name of person thing etc.it begin with capital letter in any position in sentence.
- Countable/uncountable: Countable noun describe the quantity it contain singular or plural form, can be used with a number or a/an before it they can not be counted, mass, liquid, emotions,ideas, wind.
- Concrete : concrete Noun are such noun which are tangible
- Abstract: like are uncountable, Such as Hate,Love, Sea, misery,Dream, Friendship.
- Compound : It consist two or more word combination, most compound nouns in English are formed by nouns modified by other nouns or adjectives.
- Collective : Collective nouns are those nouns which consist no. of thing or group of people.