Types of Noun
Types of Noun
There are several different types of noun. However, they can be broadly categorized as follows:
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Proper Noun
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Common Noun
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Collective Noun
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Abstract Noun
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Material Noun
Proper nouns
Proper nouns are the actual names of particular persons, places, organizations, animals, objects or individual beings. Examples: London, Catherine, Elizabeth, Oxford University,
Common nouns
Common nouns are the names which are shared by more than one or all members of a particular kind. Examples: bag, box, drawer, teapot, pan, shoes
Collective nouns
The names which denote/refer to group or collection of people, animals, places, ideas or objects of same kind are known as collective nouns. Examples: committee, dozen, school, staff, cloud, den, bank, bunch,
Abstract nouns
Abstract nouns refer to those intangible nouns which our five senses cannot detect. Feeling, qualities, theories, relationships, ideas and experience are expressed by abstract nouns. Examples: intelligence, foolishness, happiness, doubt, trust, loyalty,
Material nouns
Material nouns are the names of the substances which the things are made of. Examples: coal, salt, islands, sky, moon, rock, hair, gold