Grammar
Prepared by :
Pankaj Kr. Jaiswal (TGT English)
JNV Champhai (Mizoram)
Noun
Definition of Noun
A noun is the name of a person , place ,thing or idea
Examples
John Reena girl man city home school Delhi Agra Tiger snake cat pen book gold milk water etc. are the examples of noun.
Types of Noun
Types of Noun
Proper
noun
Particular,
Only One
Common
noun
Many of same type,
A whole class
Abstract
noun
Emotions,
Idea, experience
Collective
noun
Group of Something
As unit
Material
noun
Minerals, Elements
There are five types of Noun :
Proper Noun
A proper noun refers to the name of a person, place or thing and start with capital letter.
The Tajmahal
Alexander
the Great
Everest
Raju
Common Noun
Common noun is the generic name of a person, place or thing in a class or group
Telephone
Collective Noun
Collective noun refers to a group of persons or things taken together and as unit.
Material Noun
Material noun refers to the name of metal or substance from which things are made.
Wheat
Water
Gold
Coal
Abstract Noun
Abstract noun refers to the name of quality, action or state.
Note : Those You can feel or experience
Forms of Noun
1-singular
2-plural
1-masculine
2-feminine
3-common
4-neuter
1-nominative
2-objective
3-possessive
Forms of Noun � 1-Number(singular & plural)
A Noun that denotes one person or thing.
Police woman
Girl
Car
Tree
A Noun that denotes more than one person or thing.
Trees
Flowers
Employees
Books
Forms of Noun 2- Gender( masculine & feminine)
A noun that denotes a male or something related to male comes under masculine gender.
Boy
Priest
The Sun
Sports Man
Masculine gender symbolizes strength or violence
A noun that denotes female or something related to female comes under
feminine gender.
Girl
Woman
The Moon
Hen
Feminine gender symbolizes beauty, gracefulness and gentleness
Gender : Common & Neuter
A noun that denotes either male or female
Child
Child can be a male or female
Parent
Parent can be Mother or Father
Student
student can be a male or female
Friend
friend can be a male or female
A noun that denotes non-living objects
Book
Pen
Home
Tree
Forms of Noun 3 – Case (Nominative)
A noun used as the subject of the verb.
Nominative Case is also known as Subjective Case.
Students
Teacher
Teacher is teaching the students.
subject
Object
Here the Noun TEACHER is used at the place of SUBJECT.
So it is Subjective Case.
Forms of Noun 3 – Case (objective case)
A Noun used as the object of verb.
Student
Teacher
The teacher is teaching a student.
subject
Object
Here the Noun STUDENT is used at the place of OBJECT.
So it is Objective Case.
Forms of Noun 3 – Case (Possessive case)
A form of Noun showing the ownership.
These are Teacher’s Books
Here the Noun TEACHER is used in a form (with Apostrophe's)so as to show the possession of Books.
So it is Possessive Case.
Forms of Noun 4- Countable & uncountable�
A noun that can be counted.
There is one boy
There are four boys
A noun that can not be counted.
Countable
nouns
Rice
Milk
Uncountable
nouns
Thank
You