Pacific University – Faculty Of
Computer Application
SUBMITTED BY:Deepak Kansara
BCA I yr
NOUN• It is a part of speech
• Typically denotes:THING
IDEA
PLACE
EXAMPLESPERSON
A noun can name a person by name:
MANJU ROHAN Mrs. Singh
A noun can name a kind of a person:
STUDENTTEACHER
Place A noun can name a place:
AGRA DELHI UDAIPUR
EXAMPLES
A noun can name a kind of place:
CLASSROOM HOME
PARK
thing A noun can name a thing:
EXAMPLES
PLAYSTATION
NOKIA LUMIA
520
A noun can name a kind of thing:
BURGER MOBILE
IdeaEXAMPLES
Some nouns don’t name objects-they name ideas…SUCH AS:
LOVE
FREEDOM
NOUN
Proper
noun
Common
noun
Collective
Noun
Material
noun
Countable Uncountable
Abstract Noun Concrete noun
Abstract noun
An abstract noun is a type of noun that refers to something with which a person cannot physically interact. A noun that is abstract is an aspect, concept, idea, experience, state of being, trait, quality, feeling, or other entity that cannot be experienced with the five senses.
EXAMPLE
Love
Dream Education
Honesty
CONCRETE nounObjects and substances that can be experienced
through our senses are referred to as concrete
nouns. That means we can touch, feel, smell, taste or
hear them.
EXAMPLES
Rain
Flowers
Animals
Cookies
Concrete nouns are further
classified as--
Proper noun
Common noun
Material noun
Collective noun
1) it will name a specific [usually a one-
of-a-kind] person,palce or thing.
2) it will begin with a capital letter
no matter where it occurs in
a sentence.
PROPER noun
EXAMPLE
Taj Mahal Deepak UDAIPUR
COmmonnoun1) Common Nouns are any person,place, or
thing.
2) Common nouns are not capitalized.
EXAMPLE
The city A
policemanThat newspaper
COMMON NOUN
COUNTABLE NOUN UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
A countable noun is a
noun with both singular
and plural form.
It names anything that
can be counted
Example:
Bear(bears),
tooth(teeth),
man(men),
grass(grasses)
Uncountable nouns are
substance , concept etc
that we cannot divide into
separate elements.
It names anything that
cannot be counted.
Example:
Money,Music,
Furniture,
Rice etc
Material nounA material noun is a word for a material, a
substance, or an ingredient that other things
are made from.
EXAMPLES
EGG
BRASS CALSIUM
CEMENT
collective nounIt is the name of a number (or collection) of
people or things taken together and spoken of as
one whole. For example,
A pride of lion
An army of soldiers
A band of musicians
A gang of thieves
A team of players
NUMBER OF NOUNnoun-number
SINGULAR PLURAL
When we speak about
one person & thing,we
use noun in singular form
When we speak about more than one person &
thing,we use noun in
pluralr form
EXAMPLE:
Momento
Glass
Man etc
EXAMPLE:
Momentos
Glasses
Men
GENDER OF NOUN
The gender form of noun determines
wheather the object is masculine or
feminine or common or neuter.
EXAMPLE:
MASCULINE FEMININE
prince princess
fox vixen
bull cow
(cat)tomcat tobby
lion lioness
GENDER OF NOUN
COMMON
GENDERBABYlawyer
Teacher
NEUTER
GENDERChair Book
Street