1. NOUN & ITS KINDS Submitted By : Upasna Aneja
“Aruna Asif Ali School” Tuglakabad Extn.

2. A noun is the name of a person, place or thing.
For example
Meera (name of person)
Kerala (name of place)
Table (name of thing)
Poverty (name of quality)

3. Classification of nouns
Common nouns
Proper nouns
Collective nouns
Abstract nouns
Material nouns

4. Common noun
A common noun is a name given in common to every person, place, animal or thing of the same kind or class.
For example – boy, girl, town, city, cat, dog, bat, ball etc.

5. Proper noun
A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, animal or thing.
For example – Taj Mahal, APJ Abdul Kalam, India etc.

6. Collective Noun
A collective noun is the name given to a collection of persons or things of the same kind.
For example – crowd, mob, team, army, jury, fleet, family, committee etc.

7. Abstract Noun
Abstract noun is the name given to a quality, state, action or feeling.
For example – goodness, kindness, honesty, wisdom, laughter, childhood, slavery, poverty etc.

8. Material Noun A material noun is the name of a material or substance.
For example – silver, gold, wood, water, mud etc.

9. Point out the nouns in the following sentences & say whether they are proper, common, collective or abstract noun.
Always speak the truth.
The crowd was very big.
Honesty is the best policy.
The elephant has great strength.
Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India.
Our team is better than theirs.
Wisdom is better than strength.
We saw a fleet of ships.

10. Match the pictures with correct kind of Noun
Proper Noun
Common Noun
Material Noun
Abstract Noun

11. Match the pictures with correct kind of Noun
Proper Noun
Common Noun
Material Noun
Abstract Noun

12. Match the pictures with correct kind of Noun
Proper Noun
Common Noun
Material Noun
Abstract Noun

13. Match the pictures with correct kind of Noun
Proper Noun
Common Noun
Material Noun
Abstract Noun

14. Match the pictures with correct kind of Noun
Proper Noun
Common Noun
Material Noun
Abstract Noun

15. Thanks