10 types of noun | Noun Case

10 TYPES OF NOUN:

As we have already read that noun is a name of person .place. thing. Idea and Animal. It is used everywhere in writing and speaking. Now we will discuss its types with diffinition and examples: A noun has two general groups and different types: 

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 《Major types or groups》 

 *Proper noun *Common noun 

 *proper noun: 

A proper noun is a specific name for a particular person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are always capitalized in English, no matter where they fall in a sentence. example: ( Friday , Pakistan , London, Quaid-e-Azam ).

 *Common noun: 

A common noun is a name of general type or non specific person, place , animal or things. Example; ( night , chair , girl, planet ) 

             

  《More types of noun》 

 *Concrete noun 

 •Collective noun 

 *Gender noun 

 *Abstract noun 

 *Compound noun 

 *Material noun

 *Countable noun

 *Uncountable noun 

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 #Concrete noun: 

Concrete noun is a name of thing which can be seen and touched. e.g ( tree . Stone . Building etc )

 #Collective noun: 

A name which is given to the group of things. Persons. Places. or animals is called collective noun. e.g ( Army . class . herd. flock) 

 #Gender noun: 

Gender noun has four types.

(Femenine noun. Musculine noun . Neuter Gender and common Gender) 

 (1)Femenine noun: 

 Femenine noun is a name for women . Girls and female animals. e.g ( girl. Bitch . Woman)

 (2)Musculine Gender: 

 Musculine noun is a name for men and Male animals etc. e.g ( boy . John. Camel . Dog) 

 (3)Neuter Gender: 

 Neuter gender denote a name of things that is neithet male or female ( nueter mean neither male nor female.) e.g ( Table . Book . Glass. Shoes) 

*Common Gender:

A noun denoting an animal or either sex is said to be of common gender . 

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( student , Teacher , Doctor , friend , principal, baby , fish)

 *Abstract noun: 

 Abstract noun is a noun which can not be seen . Sensed and touched. ( idea . Valour. Love . Beauty )

 
*Compound noun: 

 When two nouns meet with each other and make a new noun . e.g blackboard . ( black - board ) Icecream . ( ice - cream ) Classmate . ( class - mate)

 *Material noun: 

 Material nouns are name of material or substance which is used to make a new thing. e.g ( Gold . Iron . Selver ) etc 

 *countable noun: 

 The nouns which can be counted easily are called countable nouns. e.g ( chairs . Fans . Rocket ) etc 

 *Uncountable nouns: 

 Those nouns which can not be counted are called uncountable: 

e.g ( water . Milk . Honey . )

( THE NOUN:  CASE)

•  Nominative Case:

When a noun or pronoun is used as the Subject of a verb is , it is said to be in the Nominative  Case.

To find the nominative , put Who? Or What? Before the verb.

•  Objective or accusative case: 

When a noun or pronoun is used as the Object of a verb , it is said to be the Objective or accusative  case. 

To find accusative  , put Whom? Or What ? Before the verb and its Subject.

 A noun which comes after a preposition  is also said to be in the accusative case; 

As:  The book is on the desk.

The noun desk is in the accusative  case , governed by the preposition  ON .

*Possissive case  or Genitive Case: 

The possessive case does not always  denote  possession. autIt is used to denote authorship , Origin , Kind etc

 ( FORMATION OF POSSESSIVE CASE)

(1):  when the noun is singular  , the possessive  case is formed by adding  '' S '' to the noun ; 

As: the boy's book.            The king's crown. 

(2): When the noun is plural and ends in  " S" , the possessive  case is formed  by adding  only an apostrophe : 

e.g;

Boys' college ;.       Girls' school ;    horses' tails.

(3) when the noun is plural  but does not end in " S" the possessive  formed  by adding  ( 's) .

e.g: women's club.      Children's book.