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    Functional English Lecture # 2 (Noun and Its Kinds) by Sumair Arslan

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    This document defines and provides examples of the different types of nouns in English: 1. Proper nouns are names of specific people, places or things like Michael Jackson or Lahore. 2. Common nouns are general names that can apply to many people, places or things like book, pen or chair. 3. Collective nouns name groups like army, crowd or herd. 4. Abstract nouns name qualities, states or actions that cannot be perceived by senses like goodness, childhood or laughter. 5. Countable nouns can be counted and have plural forms, like books or pens, while uncountable nouns like milk or sugar cannot be counted or made

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    This document defines and provides examples of the different types of nouns in English: 1. Proper nouns are names of specific people, places or things like Michael Jackson or Lahore. 2. Common nouns are general names that can apply to many people, places or things like book, pen or chair. 3. Collective nouns name groups like army, crowd or herd. 4. Abstract nouns name qualities, states or actions that cannot be perceived by senses like goodness, childhood or laughter. 5. Countable nouns can be counted and have plural forms, like books or pens, while uncountable nouns like milk or sugar cannot be counted or made

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    This document defines and provides examples of the different types of nouns in English: 1. Proper nouns are names of specific people, places or things like Michael Jackson or Lahore. 2. Common nouns are general names that can apply to many people, places or things like book, pen or chair. 3. Collective nouns name groups like army, crowd or herd. 4. Abstract nouns name qualities, states or actions that cannot be perceived by senses like goodness, childhood or laughter. 5. Countable nouns can be counted and have plural forms, like books or pens, while uncountable nouns like milk or sugar cannot be counted or made

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    Noun And Its Kinds

    Lecturer: English
    Sumair Arslan
    Noun And Its Types
    THE NAME OF ANY THING, PLACE OR
    A PERSON IN KNOWN AS “NOUN”
    EXAMPLES:
    NY IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY.
    ALI LIVES IN AMERICA.
    CHAIR IS COMFORTABLE.
    KINDS OF NOUN

    1. PROPER NOUN
    2. COMMOM NOUN
    3. COLLECTIVE NOUN
    4. ABSTRACT NOUN
    5. MATERIAL NOUN
    6. CONCRETE NOUN
    7. COUNTABLE NOUN
    8. UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
    1. Proper Noun
    • The name of a particular thing, place or a
    person is called proper noun.
    • Examples:
    • Michael Jackson (Person)
    • Lahore (Place)
    • Holy Quran (Sacred Book)
    2. Common Noun
    • A “common noun” does not denote any
    particular person, place or a thing. It is
    common to all. (Common here means shared
    by all)
    • Examples:
    • Book, pen, chair, pencil, couch, bed, table
    etc…
    3. Collective Noun
    Collective nouns are names for a collection or a
    number of people or things. Words like group,
    herd are collective noun examples.
    Examples:
    Army, crowd, herd, fleet, jury, family,
    committee, team, nation etc.
    4. Abstract Noun
    • Abstract noun is usually the name of a quality,
    action or state. Abstract noun relates to some
    quality, state or action. Abstract noun can’t be
    perceived by the senses.
    • Quality: Goodness, kindness, hardness,
    brightness, wisdom, bravery.
    • Action: Laughter, theft, movement, hatred.
    • State: Childhood, boyhood, youth, slavery,
    sleep, sickness, death, poverty.
    5. Countable Noun

    • Examples: Book, pen, apple, boy, sister, doctor,


    horse etc…As it shows by its name the
    countable nouns are the names of objects,
    people, etc. that we can count.
    6. Uncountable Noun
    • Uncountable nouns are the names of things
    which we cant can’t count.
    • Example: Milk, oil, sugar, gold etc.
    • Countable nouns have plural forms while
    uncountable nouns do not.
    • For example, we can say “books” but we can’t
    say “milks”.
    7. Material Noun

    • Sugar, cement, and sand are materials, that is,


    substances that could make up an object. Material
    noun can be defined as “Material Noun are names of
    materials or substances out of which things are
    made. Ex: gold, iron, silver etc.”
    • Example:
    • Cotton dresses are very cheap and comfortable.
    • My mom purchased a gold ring for me.
    8. Concrete Noun
    • A concrete noun is a noun that can be
    identified through one of the five senses
    (taste, touch, sight, hearing, or smell).
    Consider the examples below: ... In the
    sentence above, the noun phone is a concrete
    noun: you can touch it, see it, hear it, and
    maybe even smell it or taste it.
    Continue…Concrete Noun
    • Here we have listed concrete nouns under
    various categories such as people, place, animals,
    objects, etc.
    • People: scientist, dentist, doctor, firefighter,
    teacher, man, businessman, Rita, etc.
    • Animals: bear, deer, fish, dog, cat, gorilla, cow,
    buffalo, puppy, lion tiger, etc.
    • Places: Delhi, island, Lahore, Canada, school,
    park, market, Turkey, etc.
    • Objects: biscuit, cake, pencil, fruit, lock, keys,
    eraser, coffee cup, mobile, pizza, table, chair, etc.
    End…

    Thanks….

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