NOUNS

ENGLISH GRAMMAR - Noun

➔ What is a noun?

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➔ Nouns are often described as

referring to persons,
places,animal, things, states,
or qualities.
● Person: man, woman, teacher,
John, Mary, female, male,
person, people.

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● place: home, office, town,

countryside, land, ground,
America, India.

● thing: table, car, banana,

money, music, love, dog,
monkey, television,
refrigerator, ball, phone.

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● state: sadness, anger,

happiness, peace,
jealousy

● quality: beauty,
elegance, talent,
honesty.

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How to identify a noun

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Types of noun

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Noun Definition & Types

❏ Common noun
❏ Proper noun
❏ Collective noun
❏ Abstract noun
❏ Concrete Noun
❏ Countable & uncountable noun

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Types of Nouns

Proper nouns

● A proper noun is a specific

name of a person, place, or
thing, and is always
Capitalized.

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Example

● Does Hitesh go to school

everyday?

● Hitesh is the name of a specific

person.

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Example

● I'd like to visit Rohtang La once

in my life.

● Rohtang La is the specific

name of a geographical place.

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Common Nouns

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➔ What is the difference between common and

proper nouns?

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➔ So, for example, the word dog is a common noun;

but if your dog was called Fido, the word Fido is a
proper noun.

➔ Dog = common noun.

➔ Dog's name (Fido, in this case)

= proper noun.

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● My favorite newspaper (common noun) is the

Washington Post (proper noun).

● Her husband (common noun) is

called Frank (proper noun).

● The award-winning Babe Ruth (proper noun)

is the greatest baseball player (common
noun) in history.

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Abstract Nouns

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● Success seems to come easily to certain

people.

● His hatred of people smoking indoors is

legendary.

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● She has an incredible love for nature.

● This is of great importance.

● He received an award for his bravery.

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Concrete Nouns

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CONCRETE NOUN
A concrete noun is a noun that can be
identified through one of the five senses
(taste, touch, sight, hearing, or smell).

Examples: flower, music, bear, pie, tornado,

milk, water fall, team, stars, water, pencil,
computer, sticks, table, tree, cloud, , rain,
biscuits, car, etc.
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Collective Nouns

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● Our team is enjoying an unbroken

winning streak.

● There's a pack of hyenas outside.

● Watch out for that swarm of bees.

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● You haven't lived until you've seen a

herd of wild horses.

● Our class graduates two years from now.

● Our class took a field trip to the natural

history museum.

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● We waited anxiously for the jury to come

to a verdict.

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● This year's basketball team includes three

players who are over six feet tall.

● Napoleon's army was finally defeated at

Waterloo.

● The town council has approved plans to create

a new park.

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List of Common Collective Nouns

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● Herd- A group of herbivore

animals

● Pack- A group of canine

animals such as wolves or
dogs, also used to describe
playing cards and packages
containing multiple objects

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● Flock- A group of birds; also

used to discuss small hoofed
animals as sheep or goats

● Swarm- A group of
insects

● Shoal- A group of fish

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● Group- very general term

used to describe people,
places, things, and animals

● Crowd- Usually used to

describe a group of people

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● Gang- Usually used to describe a

group of criminals; also used to
describe a group of workers,
particularly sailors or dock
workers

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● Mob- Normally used to

describe an angry or
unruly group of people,
also used to describe a
group of kangaroos

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● Staff- A group of people who

work in the same place

● Crew- Usually used to denote

a group of workers; also used
to describe aircraft and ships
personnel

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● Choir- A large, organized group

of singers

● Orchestra- A large, organized

group of instrumentalists, led by
a Conductor

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● Panel- A group of experts

● Board- A group of people,

usually professionals, who take
on an advisory role

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● Troupe- A group of actors or

acrobats; also used to describe
a group of monkeys

● Bunch- Usually a group of

smallish objects such as
grapes, flowers, keys, or
bananas

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● Pile- An untidy collection of

items such as rubbish

● Heap- A mounded collection of

items; used interchangeably with
"pile"

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● Set- A tidy group of matched

objects such as dishes, also
used to describe rules or a
social group of people

● Stack- A group of items

neatly laid one on top of
another, i.e.,a stack of books

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● Series- Used to discuss

movies, books, or events that
follow one after another, i.e.
Star Trek or Harry Potter

● Shower- Usually used to describe

rain, although it can be used to
describe gifts or compliments

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Countable Nouns and Uncountable Nouns

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Examples

● There is no more water in

the pond.

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● I need to find information about

Pulitzer Prize winners.

● You seem to have a high level of

intelligence.

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● Please take good care of your

equipment.

● Let's get rid of the garbage.

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➔ Uncountable nouns can be paired with words expressing

plural concepts.

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● Garbage- There are nine bags of

garbage on the curb.

● Water- Try to drink at least eight glasses

of water each day.

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● Advice-She gave me a useful

piece of advice.

● Bread-Please buy a loaf of

bread.

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● Furniture- A couch is a piece of

furniture.

● Equipment- It is an expensive
piece of equipment.

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● Cheese- Please bag ten slices

of cheese for me.

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accommodation, advice, baggage,

behavior, bread, furniture, information,
luggage, news, progress, traffic, travel,
trouble, weather, work.

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Singular and Plural Noun

➔ A Singular noun names one

person, place, thing, or idea,
while a plural noun names more
than one person, place, thing,
or idea.

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Examples

Singular Noun Plural Noun

Bus Buses
Wish Wishes
Pitch Pitches
Box Boxes
Penny Pennies

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Spy Spies
Baby Babies
City Cities
Daisy Daisies
Woman Women
Child Children
Tooth Teeth

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Foot Feet
Person People
Leaf Leaves
Mouse Mice
Goose geese
Half Halves
Knife Knives

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Points to remember
In some cases, ‘s’ at the end
of a word does not mean its
plural.

Eg:-
Mathematics, Physics, Politics,
News, Athletics, Progress,
Optics, Economics, Ethics

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Some nouns always

remain plural.

Eg:-
Cattle, Belongings, Thanks,
Scissors, Jeans, Pants,
Trousers, Headphones,
Sunglasses, Wages,
Binoculars
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Certain words like “belongings,

savings, congratulations, scissors,
proceeds, surroundings, regards, pliers,
tongs, jeans, pyjamas, pantaloons,
shorts, contents, outskirts, glasses,
clothes, thanks, goggles, premises,
surroundings, belongings, earnings,
earrings, tidings etc.” are considered
Plural, so they always take plural
verbs.

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Examples:-
● His regards were conveyed to
his parents.
● All proceeds from the auction
are donated to charity.
● His belongings were lost.
● These scissors are for cutting
paper.

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● Your clothes are dirty.

● Have you seen my glasses?
● I want to read the newspaper.
● The table of contents should not
contain any pictures.
● I live on the outskirts of the city.
● My trousers are dirty. I need to
wash them.

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● Her thanks were clearly sincere.

● If your clothes are wet you can
dry them upstairs.
● Are those your belongings?
● I would like two glasses of
orange juice, please.
● Pass me that pair of pliers,
please.

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● You can get rid of that old

pair of headphones.
● My spectacles have been
broken.
● Kindly give me a pair of
scissors.
● Riches have wings .

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Certain words like

“Mathematics, Physics, Statistics,
News, Economics, Innings,
Politics, Athletics, Gymnastics,
Gallows, Mechanics, Summons,
Classics etc.” are always
considered Singular and thus
they always require singular
verbs.

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Use of the word “Politics”:

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Examples:-
● Politics is a very
dirty game.
● His politics are
different from mine.

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Some more examples:-

● His politics are generally
considered to be right of
centre.
● Politics is the main subject at
Leicester University.
● Joe is very active in left-wing
politics.

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Usage of “Mathematics” and

“Statistics”:

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However, when the

meaning of the word
“Mathematics” is
“Calculation” and
“Statistics” is “Data”, we
use plural verb in both
the cases.

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Examples:-
● Mathematics is an interesting
subject. [Used as a subject]
● Mathematics are telling
that he has made a lot
of money. [Here it
means “calculations”]

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● Statistics is
difficult to
understand. [Used
as a subject]
● Statistics tell us that it will
rain today. [Here it means
“data”]

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*NOTE: The word

“Data” is plural. The
singular form of
“Data” is “Datum”.

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Examples:-
● Data warns us and we will
have to change our
strategy. [Incorrect]
● Data warn us and we will
have to change our
strategy. [Correct]

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*NOTE: The word

“Summons” is a singular
noun but “Summon” is a
verb. The plural form of
“Summons” is
“Summonses”.

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Examples:-
● Two summons were
issued. [Incorrect]
● Two summonses were
issued. [Correct]

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(a) Mathematics are difficult

subject. [Incorrect]
Mathematics is a difficult
subject. [Correct]
(b) Politics are a game of
compromise. [Incorrect]
Politics is a game of
compromise. [Correct]

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(c) These news were broadcast

from All India Radio only
yesterday. [Incorrect]
This news was broadcast from
All India Radio only yesterday
[Correct]

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Certain words like

“equipment, furniture,
jewellery, luggage,
machinery, poetry, scenery,
information, advice, baggage,
hair, etc.” do not exist in
their plural forms because
they all are uncountable
nouns.

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● His luggages was booked.

[Incorrect]
● His luggage was booked. [Correct]
● Furniture sets off the beauty of a
house. [Incorrect]
● Furniture set off the beauty of a
house. [Correct]
● He has given me good information.
[Correct]

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● He has given me a good
information. [Incorrect]
● The poetries Society was
founded in 1909. [Incorrect]
● The poetry society was founded
in 1909. [Correct]
● Here is a list of stationeries.
[Correct]
● Here is the list of stationery.
[Incorrect]
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Exercises

➔ Write the nouns in the following sentences

and state their kind also.

1. The train stopped at the station.

2. A pack of cards is kept on the table.

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3. The Taj Mahal is a beautiful building.

4. This necklace is made of gold.

5. The fireman could not put out the fire.

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6. My family is going to Lucknow.

7. The Ganga is a holy river.

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8. Many new plants have been planted

in the garden.

9. The shepherd took his flock of

sheep to the grassland.

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Answers

1. Train (Common Noun), Station

(Common Noun)

2. Pack (Collective Noun), Cards Table

(Common Noun)

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3. Taj Mahal (Proper Noun), Building

(Common Noun)

4. Necklace (Common Noun), Gold

(Proper Noun)

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5. Fireman (Common Noun), Fire (Abstract

Noun)

6. Family (Collective Noun), Lucknow (Proper

Noun)

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7. Ganga (Proper Noun), River (Common Noun)

8. Plants (Common Noun), Garden (Common

Noun)

9. Shepherd (Common Noun), Sheep (Common

Noun), Grassland (Common Noun), Flock
(Collective Noun)

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