Noun
A noun is a word used as the name of a person place or thing. It is two types. As-
- Concrete: it indicates something which has external physical existence; it can be seen, smelt, touched or tested. Example: Book, Gold, Air, Gas etc.
- Abstract: it indicates some abstract idea or quality which has no physical existence and cannot be touched, smelt, heard, or tasted. It can only be imagined. Example:
Quality - Goodness, Kindness, Darkness, Honesty.
Action – Laughter, Theft, Hatred.
State – Childhood, Youth, Sleep, Death.
Concrete noun has 4 parts. As-
i. Proper noun: name of particular person, place or thing- John, Titanic, Atlantic etc. NOTE: Proper nouns are always written with a capital letter at the beginning.
ii. Common noun: name given in common to every person or thing- Flower, Poet. Planet etc.
iii. Collective noun: name of a group or collection of persons or things taken together as one undivided whole – Crowd, Team, Flock, Herd, Army, Class etc.
iv. Material noun: indicates a matter or substance as mass and does not indicate any part or number of it- Water, Gold, Iron, Milk, Tea etc.
According to the countability noun can be divided into two parts. As-
- Count noun: a count noun is one that can be counted. As- Book, Student, Person etc.
- Non-count noun: a non-count noun is one that cannot be counted. As- Milk, Water, Money etc.
Determiners used with count and non count noun:
| With count noun | With non-count noun |
| Few, a few, the few, very few | Little, a little, the little, very little |
| The fewest | Least |
| Fewer | Less |
| Many | Much |
| A large/great number of | A large amount of |
| A, an, the | The |
| All (of the) | All (of the) |
| Any, some (of the) | Any, some (of the) |
| A lot of | A lot of |
| Several, another, both, more, most | More, most |
| None, one, two, three | None |
| The rest of | The rest of |
| A great deal of | A great deal of |
| Almost (all of the) | Almost (all of the) |
| Fewer ...than | Less...than |
| More...than | More...than |
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