Noun
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Uncountable Noun
Uncountable noun is a word that cannot be counted.
Let us know some example uncountable nouns.
Air
Rice
Milk
Sugar
Coffee
Grass
Garbage
Honey
Hydrogen
Happiness
Fuel
1. There are some honey in the bottle.
2. How much avocado juice is there?
3. We don't have any sugar.
4. Do you have some coffee?
5. People need fresh air to the healthy life.
Countable Noun
Countable nouns are the names of people, objects etc. That we can count.
Eg:
A Book
Only one Friend
Six Brothers
A Teacher
Two Cows
An apple
1. There is a book on the table
2. I have only one friend.
3. Nirmala has six brothers.
4. Our teacher is in the principal office.
5. An apple a day keep the doctor away.
Compound Noun
Two or more nouns combine to form a single noun and functions as a single noun. Such a noun is called a compound noun.
Eg:
1. The bus driver drives carefully.
2. A School teacher resides in our apartment.
3. Mango fruit juice is very tasty.
4. The bus conductor is cordial to the passengers.
Let us see some examples for compound nouns.
1. Airline
2. Armchair
3. Girlfriend
4. Basketball
5. Birthday
6. Everyone
7. Eyeglasses
8. Fingerprint
9. Highway
10. Lighthouse
11. Homework
12. Policeman
Collective Noun
A word denoting a number of persons or things taken together but spoken of as one is a collective noun.
Eg:
1. Every Nations maintain its own Army.
2. My uncle in the village owns a herd of sheep.
3. During sundays we see a big crowd on the marina beach.
Army means a number of soldiers.
Heard means a number of Sheep.
Crowd means a number of people.
So these words are collective nouns.
Some more collective nouns are below.
1. A range of mountains
2. A ream of paper
3. A reel of film.
4. A shower of rain.
5. A stack of woods.
6. A flight of birds
7. A gang of thieves.
8. A pride of lions.
9. A body of men.
10. A staff of employees.
Abstract Noun
An abstract noun is a noun which usually denotes a quality, action or state without reference to the object to which is partains.
Some examples for abstract nouns
Kindness
Hatred
Honesty
Bravery
Laughter
Childhood
Youth
Music
Obedience
Growth
1. The sight of her friend filled Sara with happiness.
2. The London Olympics were a great success.
3. Ben thought of a brilliant idea for his story.
4. The blue team filled with hope as more pupils won their races.
5. Lucky found the courage to admit that she was responsible for the broken window.
Proper Common
A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place or thing. A word of a proper noun is always written with a capital letter as the first letter of the word.
1. Asia is a continent.
Asia is a proper noun. Asia represents a particular continent.
2. London is the capital of England.
These words are applicable only to a particular city and a country respectively. So London and England are proper nouns.
Some examples for proper nouns.
Titanic
Tom
The President.
Yahoo
Central Park Zoo
New York
Dr. Morgan
Atlantic Ocean
September.
Common Noun
A word of noun, which denotes in common to every person or every thing of the same kind or class is defined as a common noun.
1. Asia is a continent
Continent is a common noun. Continent is a word applicable to any other continent.
2. London is the capital of England.
Capital is applicable to any other capital. So capital is a common noun.
Noun
The noun is a word which denotes a person, any living beings, a place, a thing and an idea.
Singular and plural forms of nouns
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Most of the noun of singular form change to plural forms by adding the letter 'S'
Eg:
Mother - mothers
Girl - girls
Pen - pens
Peak - peaks
Book - books
Leg - legs
Nouns ending in S, SH, AZ, X, CH get the plural forms by adding 'ES' at the end of the words.
Eg:
Bus - buses
Bush - bushes
Branch - branches
Box - boxes
Topaz - topazes
Noun ending in ' y' get the plural forms by removing 'Y' and adding 'ies' at the end of the words. These common nouns end with a consonant + y
Eg:
City - cities
Baby - babies
Activity - activities
Fly - flies
Enemy - enemies
Bully - bullies
Apply - applies
Penny - pennies
Lady - ladies
Noun ending in 'Y' with a vowel sound just add 'S' at the end of a words to get plural form.
Eg:
Airway - airways
Boy - boys
Day - days
Monkey - monkeys
Donkey - donkeys
Key - keys
Now let us know some popular words ending with the letter 'O' and just add 'S' to get plural forms.
Eg:
Radio - radios
Studio - studios
Dynamo - dynamos
Piano - pianos
Expo - expos
Photo - photos
Solo - solos
Zoo - zoos
The following are some of the popular words ending with 'O' and to change in to plural form add 'es'. In the bellow words the preceding letter to 'O' is not a vowel hence 'es' is added.
Potato - potatoes
Echo - echoes
Tomato - tomatoes
Volcano - volcanoes
Buffalo - buffaloes
Hero - heroes
Mosquito - mosquitoes
The following words are rather typical and they do not fall under any of the rules.
Eg:
Son-in-law - sons-in-law
Brother-in-law - brothers-in-law
Mouse - mice
Foot - feet
Man - men
Cattle - cattle
Tooth - teeth
Sheep - sheep
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