Noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place or thing.

Types of Noun

  • Common Noun
  • Proper Noun
  • Collective Noun
  • Material Noun
  • Abstract Noun

 

Common Noun

Common noun is a name given in general to every person or thing of same kind.
Ex: Boy, Country, Bird

 

Proper Noun

Proper noun is the name of a particular person or place or thing.
Ex: Rahul, India, Peacock

 

Collective Noun

A Collective noun is the name of a group of persons or things taken together and spoken of as a whole or as unit.
Ex: Team, Group, Committee

 

Material Noun

A Material noun is the name of substance or metal, of which things made of.
Ex: Gold, Wood, Steel

 

Abstract Noun

Abstract noun in general refers, the name of quality, action or state. An abstract noun is a type of noun that refers to something with which a person cannot physically interact.
Ex: Beauty, Joy, Childhood, Laughter, Grasp

 

Apart from these, there are also other two types of nouns

 

Countable Nouns

Countable Nouns have both singular and plural form and it can be counted.
Ex: Table, Banana, Rupee

 

Non Countable Nouns

Non Countable Nouns have only singular form and it cannot be counted.
Ex: Air, Furniture, Petrol

 

Rules for nouns.

Rules for using Apostrophe