Noun and it's kinds:

The parts of speech explain how a word is used in a 

sentence. There are eight main parts of speech (also known 

as word classes): nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, 

adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections.

In English the main parts of speech are:

❑ noun

❑ pronoun

❑ adjective

❑ determiner

❑ verb

❑ adverb

❑ preposition

❑ conjunction

❑ interjection.

1: NOUN

A noun is a naming word. It can be the name of a thing, place, 

person, animal or feeling. 

Examples of Noun:

❑ Naming People:

It could be a name of any person, 

for example: John, Fatima, Singh, Michael, Tom and so on.

Naming Places:

It could be a name of any place, 

for example: America, China, Church, Taj Mahal, Paris and so on. 

❑ Naming Things:

Naming things are like Car, Hat, Bottle, Table, Chair, Ball and so on.

❑ Naming Animals:

Dog, Rabbit, Elephant, Chicken, Horse.

❑Naming Feeling/Qualities/Ideas:

Joy, Fear, Beauty, Strength, Anger.

Example

❑ I live in Australia.

❑ Jenny is my sister.

❑ I love to play with my dog.

❑ The name of this monkey is BOO.

❑ Pacific Ocean is very vast.

Types of Nouns

•Proper Noun

•Common Noun

•Collective Noun

•Possessive Noun

•Compound Noun

•Countable Noun

•Uncountable Noun

•Masculine Noun

•Feminine Noun.

Proper Noun:

Names of people or places such as your name, your friend's name, your parents' 

name or the name of your town and country are special naming words. These 

words are called proper nouns. Special naming words or proper nouns always 

begin with a capital letter.

Example Sentences of Proper Noun:

1.My name is Mark.

2.Her name is Sofia.

3.Come Tom, let us go for a walk.

4.Hello Jack! Will you play with me?

5.My cousin lives in Norway.

6.These bears are from China.

7.Albert Einstein was born in Germany.

8.I visited the Taj Mahal in India.

9.Fizzha and Laalaa are close friends.

The days of the week and the months of the 

year are proper nouns:

❑ Every Sunday Mike visits the church. 

❑ Christmas comes in the month of December. 

❑ My sister was born in March month. 

❑ Sam goes for swimming classes every Friday. 

The names of festivals and some 

special days are proper nouns. 

Example Sentences

❑ Christmas is my favorite festival.

❑ My mother likes Mother's Day.

❑ We will celebrate New Year's Eve.

The names of buildings, mountains, 

rivers and seas are also proper nouns. 

Example Sentences

1.I have seen the Great Wall of China.

2.Last year we visited the Niagara Falls.

3.Many people have climber the Mount Everest.

4.River Nile is very long.

Common Noun

Common nouns are naming words that are common to 

people, places, things and animals etc. 

Common nouns do not define any particular person, place or 

thing. They are general names. So, they are not capitalized 

unless they begin a sentence. 

For example boy, girl, doctor, town, city, dog, car and so on.

Example Sentences of Common Noun:

1.Teachers teach in school.

2.Birds live on trees.

3.I love to read storybooks.

4.Sally's mother is a doctor.

5.These chocolates and cakes are so delicious.

❑ Identify and learn about proper nouns and common 

nouns in the list of sentences below.

1.Sony produces cameras too.

2.Alicia and Cathy were playing with a doll.

3.Sandy is joining school today.

4.Hens have laid eggs at Todd's farm.

5.The postman Mr. Robert was carrying postcards.

Collective Noun

Collective nouns are used to name a group of persons, places, animals or things. 

A collective noun represents a complete whole. For examples: a library of books, 

a team of players and a family of four.

Some collective nouns are used to name a group of animals and birds.

1.A flock of sheep.

2.A herd of cattle.

3.A stud of horses.

4.A gaggle of geese.

5.A litter of cubs.

6.A flock of birds.

7.A shoal of fish.

8.A pack of wolves.

9.A swarm of bees.

❑ Some collective nouns define 

a group of people.

1.A crew of sailors.

2.An army of soldiers.

3.A band of musicians.

4.A class of pupils.

5.A troupe of actors.

6.A panel of judges.

7.A gang of robbers.

❑ There are some collective nouns that 

stand for a group of things.

1.A bunch of keys.

2.A pile of clothes.

3.A collection of books.

4.A string of pearls.

5.A set of stamps.

6.A galaxy of stars.

7.A pack of cards.

8.An atlas of maps.

9.A bouquet of flowers.

10.A bunch of grapes.

Example Sentences of Collective Noun:

1.My maternal aunt bought me a pair of tennis shoes.

2.At the playground, you get to observe a colony of ants.

3.A pile of clothes was kept on the bed.

4.I need to finish an agenda of tasks before I leave.

5.There is a network of computers in Joseph's office.

Possessive Noun

A possessive noun is a word that names who or what has or owns 

something. We add an apostrophe and s ('s) to form the possessive of 

most singular nouns.

Example Sentences of Possessive Noun:

1.This is Bob's skateboard. (Means - The skateboard belongs to Bob)

2.This is Ian's Coat. (Means - The coat belongs to Ian)

3.Papa bought a new frame for grandpa's spectacles.

4.Ted's dream for a bicycle came true on his birthday.

5.Julia's homework was not checked.

❑ Sometimes we need to show possession for plural nouns or 

where the owners are more than one. In such cases we add 

an apostrophe at the end.

1.A girls' school is located near my house.

2.We should not harm the birds' nests.

Compound Noun

Compound nouns are formed by joining two nouns together. There are three different ways to 

form compound nouns:

1.The closed form, like notebook, firefly and keyboard.

2.The hyphenated form, like x-ray, co-pilot and mother-in-law.

3.The open form, like post office, history book, mineral water.

Example Sentences of Compound Noun:

1.Ian looked at his timetable.

2.It was going to be lunchtime.

3.The basketball match was scheduled in the afternoon.

4.Just after the breakfast, Matt rushed to his tracksuit.

5.X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen.

Countable Noun

Nouns that can be counted are called countable nouns. Most of the nouns 

come in the category of countable nouns rather than uncountable nouns 

because they refer to things, people or animals that can be counted.

Example Sentences of Countable Noun:

1.I saw two owls sitting on the tree.

2.There are four milk bottles in the fridge.

3.My father has two cars.

4.I need an umbrella to get out in the rain.

5.To make this cake we need an egg.

❑ We use 'the' for some singular nouns which are unique (one of their kind). For 

example: The Earth, The Sun, The Moon etc. 

Uncountable Noun:

Nouns that cannot be counted are called uncountable nouns. 

❑ Uncountable nouns also known as 'mass noun.‘

We cannot count certain things in numbers such as milk, 

rain, sugar, water, jam. We have to use words like - a 

glass of milk, a jar of sugar, a jug of water or a bottle of 

jam. We can use terms like - a little, plenty or a bowl of 

with uncountable nouns. Though these nouns can be 

measured, they cannot be counted. Such nouns do not 

have a singular or plural form.

The Noun: Gender

Noun words can be divided into masculine and feminine.

Masculine Nouns

Masculine nouns represent males: Boys, men and male animals. For 

example: Prince, man, king, boy, cock, lion etc.

Feminine Nouns

Feminine nouns represent females: Girls, women and female animals. For 

example: Princess, woman, queen, girl, hen, lioness, etc.

❑ But there are some nouns that represent both males and females. For 

example: Children, artists, principals, teachers, singers, lawyers, etc.

Abstract Noun:

A noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object, 

E.g. truth, danger, happiness.