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    Noun

    Types of Noun

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    NOUN

    Noun is a word that identifies a person, place or thing, or names one of them. The simple definition is: a person, place or thing. Here are some examples: person: man, woman, teacher, John, Mary. place: home, office, town, countryside, America.

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    TYPES OF NOUN

    • Common Noun

    • Proper Noun

    • Concrete Noun

    • Abstract Noun

    • Countable Noun

    • Non- Countable Noun

    • Collective Noun

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    COMMON NOUN

    common noun is a name for something which is common for many things, person, or places. It encompasses a particular type of things, person, or places.

    Example: Country (it can refer to any country, nothing in particular), city (it can refer to any city like Melbourne, Mumbai, Toronto, etc. but nothing in particular).

    So, a common noun is a word that indicates a person, place, thing, etc. In general and a proper noun is a specific one of those.


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    PROPER NOUN

    proper noun is a specific (i.e., not generic) name for a particular person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are always capitalized in English, no matter where they fall in a sentence. Because they endow nouns with a specific name, they are also sometimes called proper names.

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    Difference between Common Noun and Proper Noun

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    Audi is an example of

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    Proper Noun

    Common noun

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    CONCRETE NOUN

    concrete noun  refers to the things we see and have physical existence.

    Example: Chair, table, bat, ball, water, money, sugar, etc.


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    ABSTRACT NOUN

    An abstract noun is a word for something that cannot be seen but is there. It has no physical existence. Generally, it refers to ideas, qualities, and conditions.

    Example: Truth, lies, happiness, sorrow, time, friendship, humor, patriotism, etc

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    DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ABSTRACT NOUN AND CONCRETE NOUN

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    COUNTABLE NOUN

    The nouns that can be counted are called countable nouns. Countable nouns can take an article: a, an, the.

    Example: Chair, table, bat, ball, etc. (you can say 1 chair, 2 chairs, 3 chairs – so chairs are countable)

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    NON- COUNTABLE NOUN

    • The nouns that cannot be counted are called non-countable nouns.

      Example: Water, sugar, oil, etc. (you cannot say “1 water, 2 water, 3 water” because water is not countable)

    • Abstract nouns and proper nouns are always non-countable nouns, but common nouns and concrete nouns can be both count and non-count nouns.

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    SALT IS AN EXAMPLE OF _______

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    NON- COUNTABLE NOUN
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    COLLECTIVE NOUN

    collective noun is a word for a group of things, people, or animals, etc.

    Example: family, team, jury, cattle, etc.

    Collective nouns can be both plural and singular. 


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    FUNCTIONS OF NOUNS:

    • Subject: The company is doing great. 

    • Direct object: I finally bought a new mobile

    • Indirect object: Max gave Carol another chocolate.

    • Object of preposition: Roses are the flowers of love

    • Adverb: The train leaves today.

      Adjective: The office building faces the mall.


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