Nouns

Do you wonder talking without using the names of anything? How would you refer to anything without mentioning its name? Difficult, right? This is where the noun comes; It’s difficult to talk without using a noun.

Nouns are a significant part of speech. The noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or object. A noun can be singular or plural (a group of nouns). A noun can be a feeling too.

Examples of Nouns

Naming places

The name of the place is a noun.

• School
• Hospital
• Mosque 
• Park
• Tehri Dam 
• Taj Mahal 

Naming people

A noun can name any people 

• Josh
• Alisha 
• Harry Potter 
• Ronald 
• Steffen

Naming things 

A noun can be the name of anything 

• Hairbrush
• Car
• Laptop
• Book
• Bag
• Ball 

Naming animals 

A noun can be the name of any animal 

• Cat
• Dog 
• Horse 
• Monkey 
• Chimpanzee 

Singular and plural nouns

Nouns can be singular or plural. Singular nouns refer to single things or objects, while plural nouns refer to a group of things. Most of the singular nouns can become plural by just adding ‘-s’ at their end.

While some nouns already have ‘s’ at their end, in that can case, we add ‘es’ at their end. There are several rules for making plural nouns.

For example: 

• Dog-Dogs
• Berry-Berries
• Box-boxes
• Knife-Knives

Examples of nouns in sentences 

• I live in Australia.
• The name of this car is civic. 
• I love to play cricket.
• I like to do horse riding. 
• This football field is so big. 

Types of nouns 

There are many types of nouns, but we use a few of them in our daily lives. Some of the essential types of nouns are discussed below.

1. Common nouns:

Nouns, which are names of ordinary objects, people, or places, are called common nouns. Common nouns are used to name everyday things rather than specific things. Such nouns are used almost everywhere, and we use them almost all the time. They can be singular or plural.

Examples 

• Car 
• Bathrooms 
• Hospital 
• House

Examples in sentences 

• I use my car to go to school every day. 
• I play football every day.
• I wash my hair twice a week. 

2. Proper nouns

Proper nouns are the names of a specific person, place, or thing. Proper nouns refer to one of a kind items. Such nouns always start with capital letter weather in the middle of a sentence or not. We use proper nouns quite often. we use them to call specific people places or things 

Examples

• Ali 
• America 
• White house 
• Oreos 

Examples in sentence

• Aga khan is an outstanding hospital.
• Pablo is the cutest kitten. 
• Naira is the most adorable baby. 

3. Concrete nouns 

Nouns, which are the name of things, people, or objects which can be physically touched, seen, tasted, or felt are called concrete nouns.

For example

• Phone
• Table
• Car
• Perfume

Examples in sentences 

• The pasta is delicious. 
• The car is looking spotless 
• The house is huge than we thought.

4. Abstract nouns 

Abstract nouns are the name of such things which can’t be physically touched or seen. Mostly abstract nouns are names of such things that are intangible. An abstract noun can be a feeling, emotion, quality, or experience. 

For example 

• Love 
• Hate 
• Pain

Examples in sentences 

• Tony loves his car. 
• Alisha hates her phone.
• Last night, I had terrible pain in my kidney.

5. Collective nouns

Nouns that refer to a group of something, in particular, are called collective nouns. Collective nouns can be names of a herd of animals or groups of people.

For example 

• Herd 
• Class 
• Team
• Band

Examples in sentences 

• They have a herd of sheep.
• Their class performed very well in exams. 
• Their team played the best.
• Their band is very good. 

6. Compound nouns

A noun that is made up of two or more words is called a compound noun. It is usually made of two nouns or sometimes one noun and one adjective.

Example 

• Bus stop 
• Classroom 
• Washroom 
• Football shoe 

Examples in sentences

• I am waiting at the bus stop 
• Our classroom is on the top floor of our school
• Washrooms of the restaurants are often unhygienic.

7. Material nouns 

Names of material things or substances from which things are made are called material nouns. It names a particular type of material. Most of the material nouns are uncountable.

Examples 

• Cotton 
• Cement
• Wood 
• Silver 
• protein

Examples in sentences

• They don’t use good quality cotton in their shirts 
• They use a lot of cement for construction in bridges 
• They use wood of oak trees in their furniture 

8. Countable nouns

Nouns that refer to things that can be counted easily are called countable nouns. Countable nouns can exist in singular and plural form. They are also called countable nouns.

Example:

• Books
• Pizza
• Chocolate 
• Door

When a countable noun is in the singular form, we have to use a word like a/the/my/this before it.

For example 

• Where is my pen?
• I want a car.
• Where is the bat?

When a countable noun is in the plural form, we can use it alone.

For example 

• I like potatoes.
• I'm not too fond of citrus fruits. 
• I love pineapples.

9. Uncountable nouns 

Nouns that refer to things that can’t be counted easily are called uncountable nouns. Uncountable nouns always exist in the singular form. They are also called mass nouns.

Examples 

• Sand 
• Water
• Electricity 
• Flour 

Examples in sentences

• We should save electricity.
• We have a water heater on our rooftop.
• The flour you bought was of bad quality.

10.Possessive nouns 

Nouns that demonstrate ownership over something are called possessive nouns. The easiest way to identify a possessive noun is to look for an apostrophe.

Examples 

• Sara’s
• Ali’s 
• Alisha’s

Examples in sentences 

• Sara’s dog is adorable. 
• Ali’s car is speedy.
• Alisha’s house is always spotless.