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Nouns are classified into two main categories in English: -
A_Concrete Nouns: - These are
the names of persons and things that can be seen or touched. They have physical
existence; as: Delhi, city, Manipur, table, water, crowd, gold,………..etc.
Concrete nouns can be divided into the following
classes: -
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(1) _Common Nouns |
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A class of
objects as opposed to a particular individual e.g. Boy,
king, river, star, tree, cow, book, man…………… etc. |
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(2) _Collective Nouns |
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A
name for a collection or a number of people or things e.g. Crowd, family, army, herd, team, flock……………... etc. |
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(3) _Material Nouns |
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A material or substance from which
things are made e.g. Gold, silver,
wood, iron, cotton, wool……………… etc. |
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(4) _Proper Nouns |
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A
name used for an individual person, place, or organization, spelled with an
initial capital letter e.g. India, Everest,
the Ganges, Europe, Punjab, Ashoka……etc. |
B_Abstract Nouns: - These
are the names of things that can be thought of but cannot be seen or touched;
as: life, death, youth, north, pleasure, length, beauty, weather,………..etc.
NOUNS: COUNTABLE &
UNCOUNTABLE
a_The things that are possible to count are called countable
nouns; as: - books, men, pens, trees, houses, grapes, peaches, towns, rivers,
cities,………... etc.
b_The things that are impossible to count are called
uncountable nouns. They have no plural form; as: - sugar, milk, dust, smoke,
gold, cloth, rice, coffee, tea, ink, music, air, wool, money, water, wisdom,
health,………... etc.
c_Abstract nouns are mainly uncountable nouns whereas concrete
nouns are mainly countable nouns.
d_Generally, countable nouns are in plural form. They can be
used with one, two, few (a few), many,
several etc. as:- two mice, a few houses, many trees, several grocers.
e_Uncountable nouns cannot be used with such words. But they
can be used with little (a little)
and much; as:-
Much (gold, sugar, dirt), little (gold, sugar, dirt),
A little (gold, sugar, dirt), a large amount of (gold, sugar,
dirt),
A great deal of (gold, sugar, dirt), a small quantity of
(gold, sugar, dirt).
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