ENGLISH GRAMMAR

NOUNS

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WHAT IS NOUNS?

A word (other than a Just everything that we

pronoun) used to identify can see, touch, smell,
any of a class of people, taste, make and even
places, or things. think aredescribed as
nouns.
 FOR EXAMPLE

Bike, car, chair, table, water, fire, light, candle, carrot, keyboard,
fan, refrigerator, bed, and many other things!
TWO TYPES OF NOUNS

01 COMMON NOUNS

02 PROPER NOUNS
 CO M M O N

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NOUNS
'C O M M O N ' IS T H E K E Y

A c o m m o n noun is the
generic name for a person,
place, or thing in a class or
group. Unlike proper nouns,
a c o m m o n noun is not
Boy, city, country,
capitalized unless it either
bridge, school,
begins a sentence or appears
mosque, key
in a title.
P R O P E R NOUNS
A proper noun is a specific (i.e., not generic) name for a
particular person, place, or thing.

Proper nouns are always capitalized in English, no matter

where they fall in a sentence. Because they endow
nouns with a specific name, they are also sometimes
called proper names.

02
Kevin, Africa,
London, Eiffel tower,
Monday
CLASSIFICATION OF
NOUNS
CLASSIFICATION OF
NOUNS

CONCRETE NOUNS
01
02 ABSTRACT NOUNS

03 COLLECTIVE NOUNS
01 C O N C R E T E 02 A B S T R A C T
NOUNS NOUNS
TA N G IB L E U N R E A L

A concrete noun is a noun An abstract noun is a

which refers to people noun which refers to
and to things that exist ideas, qualities, and
physically and can be conditions - things that
seen, touched, smelled, cannot be seen or
heard, or tasted. touched and things
which have no physical
Dog, building,
Coffee, tree, rain reality.
Truth, danger,
Happiness, time,
humor
COLLECTIVE NOUNS
Collective nouns refer to groups of
people or things.

e.g. audience, family,

government, team, jury.

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THAN KS
A LOT
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