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Table of Contents

1. Proper Noun
2. Common Noun
3. Abstract Noun
4. Concrete Nouns
5. Compound Nouns
6. Collective Nouns
7. Countable Nouns
8. Uncountable nouns

Noun:-Noun refer to persons,animals,places,things,ideas,or events etc.

 

Person → Mohan, Sohan, Ram, Geeta, Neha

Animal ⟶ Cat, Cow, Kangaroo etc

Place → India, Mumbai, Australia etc

Things⟶Ball, Chair, door, house etc

Idea⟶ Happiness, Devotion, Superstition etc

1:- Proper Noun(व्यक्तिवाचक संज्ञा )

A Proper noun is the given name of a person, place or thing.

Example:-  (a) Ram
                    (b) Delhi
                    (c) Tommy

2:-Common Noun(जातिवाचक संज्ञा )

A common noun is a word for a person, place or thing.

Example:- (a) Person
                   (b) City
                   (c) Dog

Common Noun vs Proper Noun

3:-Abstract Noun(भाववाचक संज्ञा )

Abstract nouns are things you cannot see or touch.

Example:-Bravery, Joy, Determination

4:-Concrete Nouns(द्रव्यात्मक संज्ञा )

Concrete nouns are things you can see or touch.

Example:-(a) Tree

                 (b) Hammer

                 (c) Cloud

5:-Compound Nouns(संयुक्त संज्ञा )

Compound nouns are made up of more than one word.

Example:-  (a) Court-martial

                    (b) Ice cream

                    (c) Classmate

6:-Collective Nouns(समूहवाचक संज्ञा )

A collective noun is a word used to represent a group of people, animals or things.

7:-Countable Nouns(गणनीय संज्ञा)

Countable nouns are for things we can count using numbers. They have singular and plural forms.

 

Example:- (a) She has three dogs

                  (b) I own a house

                  (c) I would like two books, please.

                  (d) How many friends do you have?

8:-Uncountable nouns (अगणनीय संज्ञा)

Uncountable nouns are far the things that we can't count with numbers. Uncountable nouns are used with a singular verb.

Example:-Tea,Sugar,water,air,rise,knowledge,anger etc.