Parts of Speech - NOUNS

 

​A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing or abstract idea. The highlighted words in the following sentences are all nouns:

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- Last week our cousins bought a smartphone.

- ​Justin Bieber is a pop singer.

- The stewardess checked all the passengers’ seats.

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Types of Nouns:

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1. Proper Noun

You always write a proper noun with a capital letter, since the noun represents the name of a specific person, place or thing. The names of days of the week, months, historical documents, institutions, organizations, religions, their holy texts and their adherents are proper nouns.

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Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December.

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2.  Common Nouns

- are nouns referring to a person, place or thing in a general sense. Usually, you should write it with a capital letter only when it begins a sentence.

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Many Apple workers are underpaid.

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3.  Concrete Nouns

- are nouns which name anything (or anyone) that you can perceive through your physical senses: touch, sight, taste, hearing or smell.

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The orchestra’s rendition of a song…

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4.  Abstract Nouns

- are nouns which name anything which you can not perceive through your five physical senses, and is the opposite of concrete nouns.

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Buying the fire extinguisher was an afterthought.

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5.  Countable Nouns

- are nouns which contain both a singular and a plural form. A countable noun names anything (or anyone) that you can count. You can make a countable noun plural and attach it to a plural verb in a sentence.

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The coconut tree lost all its leaves 

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6.  Un-Countable Nouns

- are nouns which do not have a plural form and which refer to something that you could (or would) not usually count. A non-countable noun always takes a singular verb in a sentence. It is similar with collective nouns and opposite nouns.

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May I have some water?

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7.  Collective Nouns

- are nouns naming a group of things, animals or persons. You could count the individual members of the group, but you usually think of the group as a whole or generally as one unit.

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My staff is waiting downstairs