NOUN
A noun is a part of speech that represents a person, place, thing, or idea.
It is a word that typically functions as the subject or object of a sentence.
Nouns can be singular or plural.
Examples
1. Person: John, teacher, doctor
2. Place: Paris, school, park
3. Thing: Table, book, car
4. Idea: Love, freedom, happines
COMMON NOUN
Common nouns are general names given to a person, place, thing, or idea.
They do not refer to any specific individual, location, or object, but rather to any member of a
class of entities.
Common nouns are not capitalized unless they appear at the beginning of a sentence.
Examples:
1. The dog chased the cat through the park."
2. "Dog" and "cat" are common nouns referring to general members of their respective
categories.
3. "Park" is also a common noun, referring to a general type of outdoor recreational area.
Proper Noun
A proper noun is a type of noun that refers to a specific, unique entity, such as a particular
person, place, organization, or thing
capitalized to distinguish them from common nouns
Examples
names of people (e.g., John),
specific geographic locations (e.g., Paris),
brand names (e.g., Coca-Cola), and unique titles (e.g., The Mona Lisa).
Animate
Animate nouns refer to living beings, including humans, animals.
Capacity for growth, reproduction and thoughts
They do possess life or consciousness.
Example
1. he dog chased its tail in the yard
2. tree is not animate because it has no consciousness characteristics.
Inanimate
Inanimate nouns refer to non-living things, such as objects, concepts, or phenomena.
They do not possess life or consciousness.
Example: "Table", "book", "sun"
Example sentence: "The book sat on the shelf for years."
Time grammatically is inanimate
Plant also inanimate
Concrete Nouns:
Concrete nouns refer to tangible, physical objects that can be perceived through the senses.
They represent things that can be seen, heard, touched, smelled, or tasted.
Example: "Table", "dog", "book"
Example sentence: "The table in the room is made of oak."
Abstract nouns
refer to intangible concepts, ideas, qualities, or states that cannot be perceived through the
senses.
They represent things that exist but cannot be seen, heard, touched, smelled, or tasted.
Example: "Love", "happiness", "freedom"
Example sentence: "His love for music is evident in his passion for playing the piano."
Observation,Perseption,
This perfume has good fragnace
Collective Nouns:
Collective nouns refer to groups or collections of individuals or things treated as a single
unit.
They represent a singular entity made up of multiple components.
Examples:
"Team" (a group of players),
"Flock" (a group of birds),
"Family" (a group of relatives),
"Audience" (a group of spectators).
Business
Compound Nouns:
Compound nouns are formed by combining two or more separate words to create a new noun
with a distinct meaning.
The components of compound nouns can be joined together (closed compound nouns),
hyphenated (hyphenated compound nouns), or separated by spaces (open compound nouns).
Examples:
Closed compound noun: "Firefly" (fire + fly),
Hyphenated compound noun: "Mother-in-law" (mother + in + law),
Open compound noun: "High school" (high + school).
Example sentence: "She attended a high school reunion last weekend."
Personal Pronouns:
Personal pronouns refer to specific people or things.
They can vary based on person (first person, second person, third
person), number (singular or plural), and gender (masculine, feminine, or
neuter).
Examples:
First person singular: "I", "me", "my"
Second person singular: "you", "your"
Third person singular masculine: "he", "him", "his"
Third person singular feminine: "she", "her", "hers"
Third person singular neuter: "it", "its"
First person plural: "we", "us", "our"
Second person plural: "you", "your"
Third person plural: "they", "them", "their"
Reflexive Pronouns:
Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject and object of a sentence
are the same.
They end in "-self" or "-selves".
Examples: "myself", "yourself", "himself", "herself", "itself", "ourselves",
"yourselves", "themselves"
Demonstrative Pronouns:
Demonstrative pronouns point to specific things or people.
They include "this", "that", "these", and "those".
Examples: "This is my book.", "I want that one."
Interrogative Pronouns:
Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions.
They include "who", "whom", "whose", "which", and "what".
Examples: "Who is coming to the party?", "What do you want to eat?"
Indefinite Pronouns:
Indefinite pronouns refer to nonspecific people or things.
They include "somebody", "anybody", "nobody", "everyone", "everything",
"something", "anyone", "each", "few", "many", "all", "none", etc.
Examples: "Somebody called you.", "Many attended the event."
Relative Pronouns:
Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses, which provide additional
information about a noun.
They include "who", "whom", "whose", "which", and "that".
Examples: "The person who called you is my friend.", "I like the book that
you gave me."