TYPES OF NOUNS
DEFINITION: Noun
is a word which is used to name something as a person, animal, thing and place.
There are six kinds of noun in English.
1) Proper Noun
2) Common Noun
3) Abstractive Noun
4) Collective Noun
5) Compound Noun
6) Material Noun
1) PROPER NOUN
DEFINITION: Proper
Noun is a name of particular thing, person, animal and place. On the other
hand, proper noun is always written with a capital letter at the beginning of
the word.
Example: Dara, New
York, Cambodia, John
2) COMMON NOUN
DEFINITION: Common Noun is a
name which is given in common to everyone (person, thing, animal…..).
Example: Man, teacher,
doctor, dog, cat, house, chair…
3) ABSTRACTIVE NOUN
DEFINITION: Abstractive
Noun is the name of idea, quality and action that is the name of something we
can’t touch, see, smell and taste.
Example:
- Idea: Advice, ambition, wish...
- Quality: Goodness,
kindness, darkness...
- Action: Talking, movement,
discussion..
NOTE: Some
Abstractive Nouns can make from many kinds of adjective, verb and common noun.
a) Abstractive Noun makes from adjective.
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Adjective
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Abstractive Noun
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dark
poor
wise
honest
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darkness
poverty
wisdom
honesty
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b) Abstractive Noun makes from verb.
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Verb
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Abstractive Noun
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hope
regret
help
promise
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hope
regret
help
promise
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c) Abstractive Noun is quite different from verb.
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Verb
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Abstractive Noun
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live
die
know
advise
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life
death
knowledge
advice
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Verb Abstractive Noun
d) Abstractive Noun makes from common noun.
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Common Noun
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Abstractive Noun
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man
friend
hero
infant
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manhood
friendship
heroism
infancy
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4) COLLECTIVE NOUN
DEFINITION: Collective
Noun is a name of number or collection of person, thing and animal taken
together and spoken as a whole.
Example: Army,
committee, family, nation, association, community…
5) COMPOUND NOUN
DEFINITION: Compound
Nouns are the nouns that are combined between one word with another word and
can make from many kinds of noun, adjective and verb.
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Noun/
Adjective/verb
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Noun
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Common Noun
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sun
strong
walking
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light
man
stick
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sunlight
strongman
walking-stick
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6) MATERIAL NOUN
DEFINITION: Material Noun
is the name of particular object.
Example: Chair, table,
car, book, pen, house, radio…