Definition of nouns and their types

A word used to refer to individuals, animals, locations, things, ideas, or occasions, etc., is called a noun. Nouns cover the majority of the words of any language.

The noun could be a/an –  

Individual– a name of any person: -Seeta, Julie, Geeta, Mohan, Bob, etc.

Animal – a name of an animal: -horse, cat, buffalo, kangaroo, etc.

Location– a name of any place: -Delhi, Bhopal, Canada, Agra, etc.

Object – a name of any object: – bat, table, chair, key, house, laptop, etc.

Thought – A name of any thought: – loyalty, superstition, pleasure, excitement, etc.

Kinds of Noun:

• Proper Noun:

A proper noun is used to denote a name which refers just to a particular individual, location, or object and there exists no general name for it. A proper noun at all times starts with capital letters in written English.

Example: Dubai (it implies to just one specific city), Maria (implies to a specific individual),

• Common Noun:

A common noun is specified as a name given to something that is common/general for several objects, individuals, or locations. It covers a specific sort of object, person, or location.

Example: Nation (it can talk about any nation, nothing specific). 

• Abstract Noun:

An abstract noun implies a specified word for anything that is intangible but exists. Usually, it is used to denote thoughts, qualities, and states.

Example: Truth, happiness, loyalty, etc.

• Concrete Noun:

The accurate conflict of an abstract noun, a concrete noun, is the thing we observe and are tangible.

Example: Chair, ball, water, etc.

• Countable Noun:

Countable nouns are nouns that could be counted. 

Example: Chair, bat, ball, etc. 

• Non-countable Noun:

Uncountable nouns cannot be counted

Example: Water, oil, salt, etc. 

• Collective Noun:

A group of things is a collective noun, i.e., people, or animals, etc.

Example: family, Team, etc.

• Compound Noun:

At times, two or three nouns show together and generate idiomatic compound nouns. Idiomatic implies that such nouns act as a unit and more.  

Example: five-year-old, six-pack, and son-in-law, etc.

• Singular Noun:

Singular Nouns are specifically singular in number. 

Examples: Duck, Man, Child, Fish 

• Plural Noun:

These nouns establish more than one constituent.

Examples: Belts, Mice, Sheep, 

• Regular Noun:

Regular Nouns do not vary in spelling when transformed into plural; just the usual plural suffixes -s or -es are affixed to it as per the grammar and spelling concurrence.

Examples: 

Hat Hats

Box Boxes

Mango Mangoes

• Irregular Noun:

Irregular Nouns do not contain plural suffixes adjoined to them in favor of their plural outline and they monumentally alter in spelling.

Examples:

Man Men

Fox Vixen

Mouse Mice

• Possessive Noun:

The Possessive Noun that possesses something or has anything in its ownership is a noun. These nouns generally finish with an apostrophe prior to one “s” that establishes the ownership of the object(s) that trails. 

Example:  My dog’s litter needs to vary very soon.

• Verbal Noun:

Verb + ing generally works as a sentence’s noun/subject rather than acting as a verb and subsequently, they turn into a Verbal Noun. Gerunds could be Verbal Nouns sometimes. 

Example: Verb Verbal Noun

Smoke Smoking

Treat Treating

• Material Noun:

Stuff made out of touchable materials is generally Material Nouns. They are Common Uncountable Nouns characteristically since they typically establish a definite sector kind of product.

Examples:

I need the common attraction with gold.

Coal generates nonrenewable energy.

Nouns- fill in the blanks.

• Below is an exercise on right answer filling in blanks with nouns:

• I have a _________________ of keys on the mat.

• Our _________________ lost the match.

• The gita is a sacred _________________ of the Hindus.

• The Ganga is the longest_________________

• Dhoni is a famous _________________

• Furniture is prepared from _________________ and _________________.

• A _________________ can stay alive just in water.

• The _________________ ran away with all the ornaments.

• _________________ is the best policy.
• The tale of the _________________ and the tortoise is very prominent.

Answers- bunch, Team, book, river, cricketer, wood; Steel, fish, thief, honesty, hare

• Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the particular nouns for the subsequent exercise. Use every noun just one time.

1. I have enough__________. Four large bags.
2. They are going to inform you all you desire to know. They are going to provide you with a great deal of________. 
3. There is a place for everybody to be seated. There is plenty of _____.
4. We do not have any_______not even a table or a chair.
5. ‘What does Sameer look like?’ He’s got a short beard and very large _________.
6. Sam’s Hindi is very bad. He must make _________.
7. Sita is unemployed. She’s looking for a _____.
8. If you desire to leave work before time, you have to request for ________.
9. I don’t think Rekha will get the job. She hasn’t got sufficient ______.
10. Shakespeare’s _____are amazing.

Conclusion

Nouns imply naming words. There are Proper nouns, common nouns, concrete nouns, and abstract nouns. They differ in their functions and uses. One should be careful about the rules and uses of nouns to avoid any confusion in spoken or written communication.