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A word used to identify any of a class of people, places or things or to name a
particular one of these is called a noun .

Read the following examples:

Flower, Man, Teacher, Chair, Town etc.

There are mainly five types of nouns.

Common Nouns Proper Nouns Concrete Nouns

Abstract Nouns Collective Nouns

G A name shared by all the persons/animals/things/objects belonging to the same
category are common nouns .
Read the following examples:

Man, Ant, Table, Building, Fear, Minute etc.

G A name given to a particular person/object/place/thing/ is called proper noun .
It is always started with a capital letter.

Read the following examples:
1. Divyansh lives in London .

2. Pluto is a dwarf planet.

G Concrete nouns refer to things that exist physically and that, at least one of the
senses, can detect.

Read the following examples:
1. The dog is a faithful animal.

2. I ate an apple .

G Abstract nouns name given to a quality, an action or a state of mind.
Read the following examples:

1. I admire his honesty .

2. She had pain in her legs.
G Collective nouns name given to a collection or a group of similar persons
animals/objects etc. considered as one.

Here is a list of some collective nouns. Read them carefully:

a loaf of bread a piece of paper a slice of pizza
a bolt of lightning a deck of cards a bunch of grapes

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