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Dear Students, To learn a language is pretty challenging. You have to learn all the terms, nuances to understand it better. Learning the English language is very demanding. You need to read a lot to get the complete idea. In the competitive exam, English section is very important and you need to focus on this. First of all, learn all the grammar terms and rules. Today in this post, we will discuss important parts of speech, that is, Noun. Once you understand the grammatical terminology, you can easily learn rules. On Adda247, we will publish all the grammar terms and examples.
We will start with all the basic components of English Grammar. One important thing you need to understand: The importance of all Parts of Speech in the English language. There are total 8 Parts of Speech. But before we begin to study Parts of Speech, let's get to know other basic yet important Grammatical terms in detail. Today, in this post we will discuss the definitions and examples of Nouns.
NOUN-Kinds of Noun
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.
NOUN: Gender
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.
NOUN: Number
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
NOUN: Countable / Uncountable
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.
NOUN: 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)
NOUN in Apposition
Ex- Ram, our captain, made fifty runs.
Kabir, the great reformer, was a weaver.
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