Nouns

 💠 What is a Noun?

A noun is the name of a person, place, animal, thing, or idea. It is one of the eight parts of speech in English grammar.

🟩 Examples:
Ravi (person), Mumbai (place), lion (animal), book (thing), freedom (idea)

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✅ Types of Nouns

There are 5 main types of nouns:

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1️⃣ Proper Noun

A Proper Noun is the specific name of a person, place, or thing. It always starts with a capital letter.

🟩 Examples:
Sachin Tendulkar, India, Ganga River, Sunday, Taj Mahal

🟢 In sentence:
Virat Kohli is a famous cricketer.

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2️⃣ Common Noun

A Common Noun is a general name for people, places, or things of the same kind or class. It is not capitalised unless at the beginning of a sentence.

🟩 Examples:
boy, city, river, day, monument

🟢 In sentence:
The boy is playing in the park.

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3️⃣ Collective Noun

A Collective Noun refers to a group of people, animals, or things considered as a single unit.

🟩 Examples:
team, flock, army, bunch, class

🟢 In sentence:
A flock of birds flew over the lake.

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4️⃣ Abstract Noun

An Abstract Noun is the name of a quality, idea, emotion, or state that cannot be seen or touched.

🟩 Examples:
honesty, love, bravery, freedom, childhood

🟢 In sentence:
Honesty is the best policy.

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5️⃣ Material Noun

A Material Noun is the name of a material or substance from which things are made.

🟩 Examples:
gold, wood, cotton, sugar, iron

🟢 In sentence:
This ring is made of gold.

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🔁 Some nouns can belong to more than one type based on how they are used:

Example:
"India" = Proper Noun
"Country" = Common Noun
"Love" = Abstract Noun
"Team" = Collective Noun
"Steel" = Material Noun

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📌 Summary Table

Type	Definition	Example
Proper Noun	Specific name of person/place	Ravi, Delhi, India
Common Noun	General name for same kind of things	girl, car, river
Collective Noun	Group seen as one	team, class, bunch
Abstract Noun	Idea, quality or emotion	truth, happiness
Material Noun	Name of material/substance	gold, water, wool

Identify the Nouns – Practice Worksheet

Read each sentence carefully. Try to find the nouns in the sentence and write what kind of noun they are (e.g., name, group, feeling, substance, etc.)

1. Ravi gave his friend a bunch of flowers with love made from paper.
2. India has a strong army that protects every citizen with great bravery using steel weapons.
3. Sita saw a dog running toward a group of children with fear in its eyes and jumped over a wooden bench.
4. Rahul joined the class where every student is taught about honesty using chalk.
5. Priya gifted a girl a bouquet with kindness made from cotton.

Task: Underline the nouns and try to identify which are names, groups, feelings, general things, or materials.

Examples with All 5 Types of Nouns Marked

Each sentence below includes all 5 types of nouns. The type of each noun is mentioned in brackets.

1. Ravi (Proper Noun) gave his friend (Common Noun) a bunch (Collective Noun) of flowers with love (Abstract Noun) made from paper (Material Noun).
2. India (Proper Noun) has a strong army (Collective Noun) that protects every citizen (Common Noun) with great bravery (Abstract Noun) using steel (Material Noun) weapons.
3. Sita (Proper Noun) saw a dog (Common Noun) running toward a group (Collective Noun) of children with fear (Abstract Noun) in its eyes and jumped over a wooden (Material Noun) bench.
4. Rahul (Proper Noun) joined the class (Collective Noun) where every student (Common Noun) is taught about honesty (Abstract Noun) using chalk (Material Noun).
5. Priya (Proper Noun) gifted a girl (Common Noun) a bouquet (Collective Noun) with kindness (Abstract Noun) made from cotton (Material Noun).

This is a great way to help students revise all five types of nouns in a single sentence!