A noun is a word that names a:

PERSON

PLACE

A THING

OR AN IDEA

Proper Noun

A noun that names a specific:- person ,place ,thing ,idea.

Common nouns : A noun that names any: Person ,place , thing,idea.

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Possessive nouns:- Possessive nouns show that a person, animal, place,

thing, or idea has or owns something e.g:Raghavs report card. Tinas room Jakes ball

Collective nouns:-A noun that names a group of:

People ,Things. e.g:- team, class, committee etc.

It names a group of people or things.

ABSTRACT NOUNS:-

P AIN

BE AUTIF UL

S AD

H UNGR Y

ABSTRACT NOUN:- are the names of the things that cannot be seen or touched. We can think, talk, write or argue about an Abstract noun. Abstract Nouns are the names of the following things : WEIGHT FORM COLOR SHAPE SIZE An ABSTRACT noun is generally the name of a quality, action or state considered apart from the object to which it belongs .
QUALI TY ACTIO N STATE

Goodness Kindness Anger Delight Sad Goodness Bravery Honesty

laughter theft growth death Irritation judgement movement imagination

childhood boyhood hunger slavery death sleep sickness youth

The names of arts and sciences, like : Grammer, chemistry,music, history etc are also abstract nouns.
Abstract nouns can be formed from :

1. Adjectives:- kind--kindness brave -> bravery 2. Verbs:- obey- obedience , move -> movement

3. Common nouns-> womanwoman hood child --- childhood. Exercise := use these nouns below and solve :-

Cleanliness, truth, wisdom,honesty, bravery,happiness

____________________________ is next to godliness The soldiers were rewarded for their _____________ . ___________________ is better than might . Without health there is no ___________________. Always speak the __________________________. _______________________ is the best policy.

DIFFERENCE AND EXAMPLES OF COMMON AND PROPER NOUNS

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Plural noun:A noun that names more than ones :-

SINGULAR NOUNS

PLURAL NOUNS

CHAIR

CHAIRS

PIG

PIGS

How do you make a singular count noun plural?

ONE BEE TWO BEES For most nouns that end with a vowel, add s, es.

Potato

potatoes

Knife

knives

How do you make a singular count noun plural?

Scissors

shorts

Glasses There are a lot of different kinds of non count nouns. Below are some examples. Example:Milk, coffee , water Rice, sugar, grass Mail, furniture, money Love, advice, education Soccer, chess, baseball Grammar, music, law

SINGULAR and PLURAL

One and many:-

One book:

Many books:

One doll:

Many dolls:

One chair:

Many chairs:

Many & 'How Many

Many people are good. Many lessons are difficult. Many leaves are falling. Many chapters are done. Many girls are going. How Many How many students are participating? How many are girls? How many are boys? How many plants are grown?

Singular

Plural

Singular

Plural

Book

Books

Mouse

Mice

Boy

Boys

Louse

Lice

Box

Boxes

Goose

Geese

Brush

Brushes

Child

Children

Mango

Mangoes

Ox

Oxen

Potato

Potatoes

Life

Lives

Man

Men

Knife

Knives

Foot trousers

Feet

Trousers

Pairs of

Tooth Scissors

Teeth

Scissors

Pairs of

Baby spectacles

Babies

Spectacles

Pairs of

Lady

Ladies

Dwarf

Dwarfs

Story

Stories

Hoof

Hoofs

Exercise

Write some sentences using MANY and HOW MANY. . . . .

Write the plurals of the following:

1. Cap

2. Grass

3. Brunch

4. Hair

5. Sheep

6. Radii

7. People

8. News

9. Hundred

10. Belief