Category : 8th Class
There are five kinds of noun
1. Proper Noun
2. Common Noun
3. Collective Noun
4. Material Noun
5. Abstract Noun
Proper Noun
Proper noun is a specific name of a place, a person, or a thing. The first letter of a proper noun is always represented by a capital letter.
Proper Nouns in English
1. Name of the Month and Day | October, November, etc. |
2. Name of a Company | Infosys, Mahindra, etc. |
3. Names of People | Obama, James, etc. |
4. Names of Places | Mumbai, Chennai, etc. |
5. Titles of People | Sir William, President, Obama , etc. |
6. Name of Books, Newspapers | The New York Times, The Morning Herald, The Ramayan, etc. |
NOTE: There are some nouns, such as sun, moon, earth, which seem to be the names of particular individual objects, but they are not proper names.
Common Noun
Definition: Common nouns are words for people, things, animals, or ideas.
Common Noun for Persons
Secretary | Actor | Coach | Sailor |
Salesman | Director | Burglar | Pianist |
Architect | Tourist | Nurse | Dentist |
Driver | Scientist | Trainer | Magician |
Carpenter | Guardian | Barber | Veterinarian |
Common Noun for Relations
Father | Daughter | Mother | Son |
Grandfather | Brothers | Grandmother | Sisters |
Common Noun for Fruits and Vegetables
Apple | Broccoli | Peach | Celery |
Banana | Spinach | Fig | Cabbage |
Apricot | Lettuce |
Common Noun for Animals
Panda | Ant | Snake | Bee |
Giraffe | Butterfly | Goose | Prawn |
Duck | Crab | Eagle | Dolphin |
Common Noun for Places
Bank | Zoo | Street |
Restaurant | Park | Terrace |
School | Library | Ground |
Office | Factory | Market |
Common Noun for Things
Toaster | Computer | Bat |
Pencil | Shoes | Refrigerator |
Fan | Camera | Television |
Bicycle | Truck | Chair |
Common Noun for Ideas
Love | Brilliance | Freedom |
Hate | Beauty | Silence |
Pride | Anger | Victory |
The following is the list of common nouns
animal | babies | cabbage | dad | ear |
abode | baby | cable | daughter | earth |
account | back | cactus | day | earthquake |
achieve | badge | cake | death | edge |
acoustics | bag | calculator | debt | education |
act | bait | calendar | decision | effect |
action | balance | camera | deer | egg |
activity | ball | camp | degree | eggnog |
actor | Balloon | can | design | eggs |
addition | Banana | cannon | desire | elbow |
adjustment | Band | canvas | desk | end |
advertisement | Base | cap | destruction | engine |
advice | baseball | caption | detail | error |
aftermath | Basin | car | development | event |
afternoon | basket | card | digestion | example |
afterthought | basketball | care | dime | exchange |
agreement | bat | carpenter | dinner | existence |
air | bath | carriage | dinosaurs | expansion |
airplane | battle | cars | direction | experience |
airport | bead | cart | dirt | expert |
alarm | beam | cast | discovery | eye |
amount | bean | cat | discussion | eyes |
amusement | bear | cattle | disease | jail |
anger | bears | cause | disgust | jam |
jam | beast | cave | distance | jar |
angle | bed | celery | distribution | jeans |
animal | bee | cellar | division | jelly |
answer | beef | cemetery | dock | jellyfish |
ant | beetle | cent | doctor | jewel |
apparatus | beggar | chain | dog | join |
apparel | beginner | chair | doll | joke |
apple | behavior | chalk | donkey | journey |
appliance | belief | chance | door | judge |
approval | bell | change | downtown | juice |
arch | berry | channel | drain | jump |
argument | bike | cheese | drawer | |
arithmetic | bird | cherries | dress | |
arm | birth | chess | drink | |
army | birthday | chicken | driving | |
art | bedroom | chickens | drop | |
attack | alley | children | Drug | |
attempt | game | chin | Drum | |
attraction | garden | hair | Duck | |
authority | gate | haircut | ducks | |
face | geese | hall | Ice | |
fact | ghost | hammer | Icicle | |
fairies | giants | hand | Idea | |
fall | giraffe | harbor | impulse | |
family | girl | harmony | income | |
fan | glass | hat | increase | |
fang | glove | head | industry | |
farm | glue | health | Ink | |
farmer | goat | hearing | insec | |
father | heart | Instrument | ||
fear | heat | Insurance | ||
feast | feet | interest | ||
feather | invention | |||
Iron | ||||
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Collective Noun
Definition: A collective noun is a word used to define a group of objects, where objects can be people, animals, emotions, inanimate things, concepts, or other things.
For example: Class, bundle, bunch, herd, swarm, etc.
See the following list of collective nouns:
Collective Name | Animal |
herd | of antelope |
army | of ants |
colony | of ants |
swarm | of ants |
culture | of bacteria |
colony | of badgers |
sloth | of bears |
pack | of bears (polar bears) |
colony | of beavers |
flight | of bees |
hive | of bees |
swarm | of bees |
congregation | of birds |
flight | of birds |
flock | of birds |
herd | of boar |
singular | of boar |
sounder | of boar |
herd | of buffalo |
rabble | of butterflies |
swarm | of butterflies |
wake | of buzzards |
flock | of camels |
army | of caterpillars |
clowder | of cats |
dutter | of cats |
pounce | of cats |
drove | of cattle |
herd | of cattle |
team | of cattle |
yoke | of cattle (two) |
flock | of chickens |
peep | of chickens |
brood | of chicks |
Chattering | of chicks |
clutch | of chicks |
cartload | of chimpanzees |
quiver | of cobras |
rag | of colts |
sedge | of cranes |
siege | of cranes |
congregation | of crocodiles |
float | of crocodiles |
storytelling | of crows |
murder | of cows |
herd | of deer |
leash | of deer |
parcel | of deer |
kennel | of dogs |
pack | of dogs |
pod | of dolphins |
drove | of donkeys |
herd | of donkeys |
bevy | of doves |
cote | of doves |
dole | of doves |
flight | of doves |
brace | of ducks |
flock | of ducks |
team | of ducks |
aerie | of eagles |
convocation | of eagles |
swarm | of eels |
herd | of elephants |
gang | of elk |
herd | of elk |
mob | of emus |
haul | of fish |
school | of fish |
shoal | of fish |
swarm | of flies |
lead | of foxes |
leash | of foxes |
skulk | of foxes |
army | of frogs |
colony | of frogs |
knot | of frogs |
flock | of geese |
herd | of giraffes |
tower | of giraffes |
cloud | of gnats |
drove | of goats |
herd | of goats |
tribe | of goats |
trip | of goats |
charm | of goldfinches |
glint | of goldfish |
band | of gorillas |
drove | of hares |
down | of hares |
husk | of hares |
aerie | of hawks |
cast | of hawks |
kettle | of hawks |
brood | of hens |
hedge | of herons |
sedge | of herons |
siege | of herons . |
herd | of horses |
team | of horses |
troop | of horses |
cry | of hounds |
mute | of hounds |
pack | of hounds |
charm | of hummingbirds |
clan | of hyenas |
smack | of jellyfish |
herd | of kangaroos |
mob | of kangaroos |
troop | of kangaroos |
deceit | of lapwings |
ascension | of larks |
exaltation | of larks |
leap | of leopards |
leep | of leopards |
pride | of nons |
sault | of lions |
troop | of lions |
lounge | of lizards |
plague | of locusts |
gord | of mallards |
horde | of mice |
company | of mole |
tribe | monkeys |
troop | of monkeys |
troup | of monkeys |
herd | of moose |
barren | of mules |
pack | of mules |
watch | of nightingales |
parliament | of owls |
drove | of oxen |
herd | of oxen |
company | of parrots |
bouquet | of pheasants (when flushed) |
flight | of Pigeons |
flock | of Pigeons |
drove | of pigs |
herd | of pigs |
litter | of pigs |
bevy | of quail |
covey | of quail |
bury | of rabbits |
colony | of rabbits |
colony | of rats |
horde | of rats |
mischief | of rats |
pack | of rats |
swarm | of rats |
colony | of seals |
crash | of seals |
herd | of seals |
school | of shark |
shiver | of shark |
flock | of sheep |
fold | of sheep |
host | of sparrows |
dray | of squirrels |
scurry | of squirrels |
murmuration | of starlings |
muster | of storks |
flight | of swallows |
bevy | of swans |
herd | of swans |
flock | of swifts |
drift | of swine |
sounder | of swine |
spring | of teals |
ambush | of tigers |
streak | of tigers |
knot | of toads |
hover | of trout |
flock | of turkeys |
colony | of vultures |
mob | of wallabees |
herd | of walruses |
herd | of whales |
pod | of whales |
school | of whales |
herd | of wolves |
pack | of wolves |
rout | of wolves |
herd | of yaks |
herd | of zebras |
zeal | of zebras |
Material Noun
Definition: The name of a thing that exists only in the form of a mass and cannot be counted is called a Material Noun. A Material Noun is the name of a substance which can be measured or weighed.
See the following Material Noun:
Glass, iron, clay, frost, rain, snow, wheat, wine, tea, sugar, etc.
They may be placed in groups as follows:
(i) The metals: Iron, gold, platinum, etc.
(ii) Products spoken of in bulk: Tea, sugar, rice, wheat, etc.
(iii) Geological bodies: Mud, sand, granite, rock, stone, etc.
(iv) Natural phenomena: Rain, dew, cloud, frost, mist, etc.
(v) Various manufactures: Cloth (and the different kinds of cloth, potash, soap, rubber, paint, celluloid, etc.
Abstract Noun
Definition: The name given to a quality, state or action is called an Abstract Noun. A noun that is abstract is an aspect, concept, idea, experience, state of being, trait, quality, feeling, or other entity that cannot be experienced with the five senses.
Common Abstract Nouns
Emotions/Feelings | |
Love | Hate |
Anger | Peace |
Pride | Sympathy |
States/Attributes | |
Bravery | Loyalty |
Honesty | Integrity |
Compassion | Charity |
Success | Courage |
Deceit | Skill |
Beauty | Brilliance |
Pain | Misery |
Ideas/Concepts/Ideals | |
Beliefs | Dreams |
Justice | Truth |
Faith | Liberty |
Knowledge | Thought |
Information | Culture |
Trust | Dedication |
Movements/Events | |
Progress | Education |
Hospitality | Leisure |
Trouble | Friendships |
Relaxation |
Abstract forms of nouns are very common and an important part of communication. In many cases these types of nouns are derived from an addition of a suffix or alteration in the root word. Child is a concrete noun, for example, but childhood is an intangible state, so it is abstract.
Nouns with the following suffixes are often abstract:
Abstract Nouns formed from Adjectives
Bitter | bitterness |
Brave | Bravery |
Broad | Breadth |
Dark | darkness |
Deep | depth |
False | falsehood |
Great | greatness |
High | height |
Honest | honesty |
Hot | heat |
Humble | humility |
Intelligent | Intelligence |
Just | justice |
Long | length |
Poor | poverty |
Proud | pride |
Prudent | prudence |
Short | shortness |
Sole | solitude |
True | truth |
Vain | vanity |
Wide | width |
Wise | wisdom |
Young | youth |
NOTE: Youth may also be a Common Noun (a youth of seventh) and a collective Noun (Give youth its chance). In this latter sentence youth = young people thought of collectively.
Abstract Nouns formed from Common Nouns
Common | Noun Abstract Noun |
Agent | agency |
Bond | bondage |
Boy | boyhood |
Captain | captaincy |
Child | childhood |
Friend | friendship |
Hero | heroism |
Infant | infancy |
King | kingship |
Man | manhood |
Mother | motherhood |
Owner | ownership |
Priest | priesthood |
Rascal | rascality |
Regent | regency |
Rogue | roguery |
Slave | slavery |
Abstract Nouns formed from Verbs
Verb | Abstract Noun |
Advise | Advice |
Admit | admission |
Arrive | arrival |
Agree | agreement |
Behave | belief |
Choose | choice |
Conceal | concealment |
Defend | defence |
Depart | departure |
Die | death |
Expect | expectation |
Enter | entrance |
Fail | failure |
Free | freedom |
Hate | hatred |
Judge | judgment |
Laugh | laughter |
Live | life |
Move | motion |
Neglect | negligence |
Obey | obedience |
Permit | permission |
Please | pleasure |
Protect | protection |
Punish | punishment |
Relieve | relief |
See | sight |
Serve | service |
Succeed | success |
Seize | seizure |
Think | thought |
Unite | union/unity |
Warn | Warmth |
Abstract Nouns of the same form as verbs
Verb | Abstract Noun |
Cry | cry |
Desire | desire |
Fall | fall |
Fear | fear |
Hope | hope |
Laugh | laugh |
Love | love |
Move | move |
Order | order |
Regret | regret |
Ride | ride |
Rise | rise |
Run | run |
SIeep | sleep |
Sob | sob |
Stand | stand |
Stay | stay |
Step | step |
Stop | stop |
Taste | Taste |
Touch | touch |
Walk | walk |
Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Nouns can be either countable or uncountable.
Read the following examples:
(i) She has a dog and a cat. (Countable Nouns)
(ii) He has some sugar in the bowl. (Uncountable Nouns)
(iii) Albert has an elephant and as ass. (Countable Nouns)
(iv) Darkness frightens me. (Uncountable Nouns)
You notice that dog and cat (common nouns) are countable. You can say one dog, two dogs, one cat or two cats. The words elephant and ass are also countable the words sugar and darkness are uncountable. You cannot count one sugar, two sugars or one darkness and two darkness.
Some nouns are used both as uncountable and countable.
Read the following examples.
(i) Alisha has grey hair. Uncountable
There is a hair in my shop. Countable
(ii) This statue is made of stone. Uncountable
I have a stone in my hand. Countable
(iii) There is cheese in the fridge. Uncountable
There were dozens of cheeses in the fridge. Countable
(iv) Sound cannot travel in vacuum. Uncountable
Animals make different kinds of sounds. Countable
(v) Noise can make a person deaf. Uncountable
There are many kinds of noises in the forest at night. Countable
The following nouns can be used both as countable and uncountable.
Tea | Pain | Coffee | Protest |
Shampoo | Pleasure | Cake | War |
Land | Success | Rain | Difficult |
Snow | Toothpaste | Abuse | Fear |
Business | Life |
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