NDA NOUN REC

NOUN
A Noun is a word used as the name of a person, place or thing.
Note: The word thing is used to mean anything that we can think of.
EXAMPLES OF NOUNS:
People : Ram , Aayush, Man, Person, Jimmy, Women, Girl, The
Prime Minister, Rahul
Places : India, Mumbai, Mexico, North Pole, South Africa, The Nile ,
Classroom, Bedroom, Basketball Court, Playground, Swimming Pool
Animals/Birds/Aquatic Animals/Reptiles: Kangaroo, Monkey,

Flamingo, Bear, Cat, Fish, Shark
EXAMPLES OF NOUNS:
Ideas/ Emotions: Evolution, Invention, Extinction, Argument,

Destruction, freedom, love, generosity, charity, Sadness, anger,
Objects/Things: Bat, Cycle, Curtains, Paper, Bag, Blackboard,

Cupboard
KINDS OF NOUNS
KINDS OF NOUNS
KINDS OF NOUNS
KINDS OF NOUNS
Note 1 :Proper Nouns are sometimes used as
Common Nouns; as
1. He was the Lukman (= the wisest man) of his age.

2. Kalidas is often called the Shakespeare (=the
greatest dramatist) of India.
ABSTRACT NOUN
Quality : Goodness, kindness, whiteness, darkness, hardness,

brightness, honesty,
wisdom, bravery.
Action : Laughter, theft, movement, judgment, hatred.
State : Childhood, boyhood, youth, slavery, sleep, sickness,

death, poverty.
The names of the Arts and Science (e.g., grammar, music,

chemistry, etc.) are also
Abstract Nouns.
COLLECTIVE NOUN
Crowd, mob, team, flock, herd, army, fleet, jury, family, nation,
parliament, committee.
A fleet = a collection of ships or vessels.

An army = a collection of soldiers.
A crowd = a collection of people.
The police dispersed the crowd.

The French army was defeated at Waterloo.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
A herd of cattle is passing.
Countable nouns (or countables) are the names of objects,
people, etc. that we can count, e.g., book, pen, apple, boy, sister,
doctor, horse.
Uncountable nouns (or uncountables) are the names of

things which we cannot count, e.g., milk, oil, sugar, gold, honesty.
They mainly denote substances and abstract things.
Countable nouns have plural forms while uncountable nouns

do not. For example, we say “books” but we cannot say “milks”.
Q.1. Point out the Nouns in the following sentences, and say
whether they are Common, Proper, Collective or Abstract:
1. The crowd was very big.
2. Always speak the truth.
3. We all love honesty.
4. Our class consists of twenty pupils.
5. The elephant has great strength.

Q.1. Point out the Nouns in the following sentences, and say
whether they are Common, Proper, Collective or Abstract:
6. Solomon was famous for his wisdom.
7. Cleanliness is next to godliness.
8. We saw a fleet of ships in the harbour.
9. The class is studying grammar.
10. The Godavary overflows its banks every year.

THE NOUN: GENDER
A noun that denotes a male animal is said to be of the Masculine

Gender.
A noun that denotes a female animal is said to be of the Feminine

Gender.
THE NOUN: GENDER
A noun that denotes either a male or a female is said to be of the

Common Gender.
as Parent, child, friend, pupil, servant, thief, relation, enemy, cousin,
person, orphan, student, baby, monarch, neighbour, infant.
A noun that denotes a thing that is neither male nor female (i.e.,
thing without life) is said to be of the Neuter Gender.
as, Book, pen, room, tree.
THE NOUN: NUMBER
Some nouns have the singular and the plural alike;
as,
Swine, sheep, deer; cod, trout, salmon; aircraft, spacecraft, series, species.
The sari cost me five thousand rupees.

Sometimes plurals are made by adding ‘s’ to the
principal word of a compound noun.
Brother-in-law
Vice-Admiral
Court Martial
Commander-in-chief
Runner-up
Looker-on
Rules of Noun
1. Articles are not used before material nouns.

e.g. – The leather is used in making shoes.
Rules of Noun
2. Material nouns and abstract nouns are not used in plural.

e.g. – Cares of the old is necessary.
Rules of Noun
3. Collective nouns usually take a singular verb and are

substituted by a singular pronoun.
e.g. – The jury has given its verdict.
The jury is / are divided in its / their decision.

Rules of Noun
4.Collective nouns, even when they denote living beings, are

considered to be of neuter gender.
e.g. – India has a big army and it is divided into three major
divisions
Rules of Noun
5. Young children and animals ?
e.g. – The baby started crying when it was hungry

Rules of Noun
6. e.g. – My friend bought two dozen / dozens eggs from the

market.
e.g. – My friend bought dozens of eggs from the market.
e.g. – Sunil Gavaskar scored thousands of runs in his

cricketing career

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NOUN

A Noun is a word used as the name of a person, place or thing.

Animals/Birds/Aquatic Animals/Reptiles: Kangaroo, Monkey,

Ideas/ Emotions: Evolution, Invention, Extinction, Argument,

Objects/Things: Bat, Cycle, Curtains, Paper, Bag, Blackboard,

1. He was the Lukman (= the wisest man) of his age.

Quality : Goodness, kindness, whiteness, darkness, hardness,

Action : Laughter, theft, movement, judgment, hatred.

State : Childhood, boyhood, youth, slavery, sleep, sickness,

The names of the Arts and Science (e.g., grammar, music,

A fleet = a collection of ships or vessels.

The police dispersed the crowd.

Uncountable nouns (or uncountables) are the names of

Countable nouns have plural forms while uncountable nouns

1. The crowd was very big.

2. Always speak the truth.

3. We all love honesty.

4. Our class consists of twenty pupils.

5. The elephant has great strength.

6. Solomon was famous for his wisdom.

7. Cleanliness is next to godliness.

8. We saw a fleet of ships in the harbour.

9. The class is studying grammar.

10. The Godavary overflows its banks every year.

A noun that denotes a male animal is said to be of the Masculine

A noun that denotes a female animal is said to be of the Feminine

A noun that denotes either a male or a female is said to be of the

The sari cost me five thousand rupees.

1. Articles are not used before material nouns.

2. Material nouns and abstract nouns are not used in plural.

3. Collective nouns usually take a singular verb and are

e.g. – The jury has given its verdict.

The jury is / are divided in its / their decision.

4.Collective nouns, even when they denote living beings, are

5. Young children and animals ?

e.g. – The baby started crying when it was hungry

6. e.g. – My friend bought two dozen / dozens eggs from the

e.g. – My friend bought dozens of eggs from the market.

e.g. – Sunil Gavaskar scored thousands of runs in his

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