NOUNCourse: BDFT-1

Subject: English Communication and Life Skills-1

Unit-1

Define: NounBy the term Noun we mean name.Noun is name of a person, place, animal or thing.We define Noun as a word used to identify any class of people, places or things.

A noun may belong to a given class because of characteristic features of its referent, such as sex, animacy, shape, but counting a given noun among nouns of such or another class is often clearly conventional. 1

Name the kinds of Nouns.

There are five kinds of Nouns.They are:1} Proper Noun A noun belonging to the class of words used as names for unique individuals, events, or places. Proper Nouns begin with a capital letter. Example: India, Ahmedabad, Tiger, Sachin, etc.

2} Common NounA noun that represents one or all of the members of a class. Example: college, school, boy, animal, etc.

3} Collective NounA noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things. Example: a group of monkeys, a bouquet of flowers, a bunch of flowers/keys/Grapes/papers, a groove of trees, etc.

4} Material NounA noun that refers to a material, substance or ingredient that other things are made from. Example: Iron, Milk, Gold, Wood, etc.

5} Abstract NounAn abstract noun refers to states, events, concepts, feelings, qualities, etc., that have no physical existence. Words which can neither be seen nor touched, they can be felt. Example: happiness, hunger, anger, love, etc.

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Exercise A• Underline the Nouns and mention its kind:1) Ram is a student of Rai University Ahmedabad.2) Earth is a planet.3) Ram values friendship.4) She reached the station very early.5) My father’s name is Govind, he stays in Pune.6) My mother likes honesty.7) William Shakespeare is a famous English author.8) John’s two dogs are named Roger and Rover.9) I saw a pride of lions at the zoo.10) The king is known for his bravery.

Exercise BWhich nouns need to be capitalized?

• Complete each sentence with the correct form of the noun in parenthesis:

1) I am going to the ___ in the evening. (lake/Lake)2) Ram and Shyam have gone to ___ for the weekend.

(mt.abu/ Mt. Abu)3) My parents went to ___. (new delhi/ New Delhi)4) We live near the ___. (city/ City)5) My birthday is next ___. (month/Month)6) My father’s birthday is in ___. (january/ January)7) I could see ___ with my telescope. (jupiter/ Jupiter)8) I am learning ___. (english/ English)

Bibliography and References

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun_class2. www.wordreference.com/definition/

collective%20noun

Books:3. Wren and Martin-High School English

Grammar and Composition