Nouns
name ofa person, place, animal, thingorevent.
Anoun is a naming word. It can be the
1. Indian Satellite launchingstation Thumba
is near Trivandrum.
Example of the world.
2. China and India are the two most populous countries
Kinds of Nouns
1. Common Noun
general things. It is the name that is common to the
noun names
same kinds -
A common
persons, places orthings soldiers, spoons, girls, pens,
birds, etc.
1. A cartoonist is a person who draws cartoons.
Example
2. The train drew at the platform at 9 o'clock.
2. Proper Noun
A proper noun names specific things. It is the name of a particular person, place, thing or
event. It begins with a capital letter- Kolkata, Kabir Khan, Hooghly, Sophia Girls' School, etc.
Example- 1. The Alps is an important mountain range ofEurope.
2. Junko Tabeiwas the first woman to climb Mt.Everest
3. Collective Noun
A collective noun is the name given togroup of people or things. A collective noun is
a
treated as a singular noun. Collective nouns take everything under one group.
Example- 1. A fleet ofships. 2. A brood of chicks.
3. Aflight of steps. 4. A bale of cotton.
4 Abstract Noun
An abstract noun names qualities in
persons, animals or things. It is usually the name of a
quality, action or state which we normally cannot see or touch, though we can feel them or think of
them.
Quality Honesty, wisdom, kindness, goodness, bravery. politeness. truth etc
Action Movement, theft, laughter, hatred. judgment, etc
State Youth, slavery, freedom, childhood, boyhood, sickness.
poverty, etc
Ahstract nouns are fomed from adjectives, verbs and common nouns. We often form abstract nouns
'suffix' to a word
by adding a
Suffix Example
ness goodness, darkness, humbleness, kindness, sadness etc
tion creation, starvation, expectation, etc
ism patriotism, heroism, mannerism, etc.
ship ownership, captainship, etc.
hood boyhood, falsehood, brotherhood, knighthood, motherhood.etc
dom kingdom, freedom, boredom, etc.
ment movement, excitement, concealment, department, etc
ence obedience, dependence, etc.
ery bravery, slavery, etc.
Some abstract nouns are words on their own.
Example anger, terror, humour, fear, etc.
Some abstract nouns may also be used as verbs.
Example- regret, touch, speed, hope, worry, love, taste, etc
5. Material Nouns
A material noun names something we can see and touch, a substance, a material,
food drink. These are the
Something used for making things. It can also be an article of
or raw
elements or objects existing in nature.
Example-gold, milk, silk, wheat, wool, sugar, mercury, water, iron, uranium, rice, cotton.
List of Collective Noun
1. a library of books
2. a litter of puppies
3. a mob of people 4. a pack of wolves
5. a pair of shoes
6. shoal of fish
a
7. a suite of rooms 8. a swarm of bees
9. a team of players 10. a troupe of musicians
11. an army of soldkers 12. a bunch of flowers, grapes, keys, bananas
13. a bouquet of flowers 14. a bundle of sticks
15. a bevy of girls 16. crowd of people
a
17. a crew of sailors 18. a flock of sheep
19. a fleet of ships 20. a herd of cattle
. AMatshia Nan stande far the matter arsuhstance of which thinos are
Formation of Abstract Nouns
1. From common nouns:
slave slavery child - childhood boy boyhood
- manhood
mother -motherhood friend - friendship man
brother - brotherhood womanhood
girl girlhood woman
2. From verbs:
judge judgement act - action know knowledge
choose choice laugh laughter move movement
hate hatred obey obedience invent invention
protection embarass - embarassment
protect emit emission
3. From adjectives:
deep depth strong strength true truth
coward cowardice brave bravery bold boldness
innocent innocence popular popularity farnous fane
Formation of Abstract Nouns with the help of common suffixes
1.
private privacy accurate accuracy
urgent urgency
2. age
pass passage short shortage marry marriage
waste wastage
break breakage bond bondage
3. al
propose - proposal
- dismissal
arrive -
arrival dismiss
trial bury burial
survive survival try
4. dom
- kingdom
free freedom wise wisdom king
5. hood
child childhood man manhood
boy boyhood
mother - motherhood Woman womanhood
girl girlhood
6. ence
patient - patience
excellent - excellence innocent - innocence
present - presence
absent - absence obedient obedience
7. ity
- reality
human humanity popular popularity real
- equality
brief brevity clear clarity equal
8. ment
punish - punishment
appoint appointment pay payment
agreement treat treatment move -movement
agree
9. ness
kind kindness happy happiness dark - darkness
blind blindness hard hardness cheap cheapness
10. ship
lecture - lectureship
hard hardship friend friendshipP
11. th
bear birth dear dearth deep depth
grow growth true truth wide width
12. tion
act action invent invention protect- protection
educate education introduce - introduction
repeat repetition
13. sion
decide decision omit omission provide- provision
invade invasion revise revision precise precision
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1. Fill in the blanks with the noun form of the words given in the brackets.
(a) Emperor Akbar was famous for his (tolerate)
(b) One should show in difficult times. (patient)
(c My father told me to measure the of the bedsheet. (long)
(d) I am confident of my. (able)
(e) Everybody praises my grandfather's (generous)
The voice of the cannot be ignored. (young)
2. Make abstract nouns by adding suffixes like ness, tion, ence and ment.
Educate happy protect agree treat
excellent obedient
EXERCISE 1
ethe following sentences with abstract nouns opposite in meaning to the one in
italics
cowardice abundance liberty victory failure wealth innocence destruction
1. Sometimes the of the accused
appears to be his guilt.
2 A is sometimes worse than a
defeat.
3. The construction of new bridges takes a long time but
their takes little time.
4. Thoughwefeared a, _ the venture was agreat success.
5. Mr. Birla is a man of great but he knows the pangs of poverty
6. Last year there was an of food in our country; this year there is a
scarcityof food.
7. Renu praised Amit for his bravery, and blamed his friend Atul, for
After long captivity, the prisoners rejoiced
their
8.
EXERCISE 2
Match each abstract noun in the second column with its
opposite in the first column. One
ne tas
been done as an example:
Column-A Column-B
patience weakness
2. peril disease
3 wisdom freedom
arrival foolishness
slavery
5. departure
health
6 safety
ignorance
7.
impatience
birth
8
9
strength punishment
10.
reward knowledge
death
EXERCISE 4
Fill in the blanks with collective nouns given in the box:
hive mob passengers menagerie congregation troupe
posse bevy swarm fleet
1. A of girls has just entered the
garden.
2 The bees rear their young ones in a
3 Soon a of people gathered around the
injured man.
4 are requested not to smoke in the
bus.
5 A of flies often hovers over
uncovered trays of sweets.
6. After the sermon the gathered
around the priest.
7. At the theatre, enjoyed
we a splendid display given by a
of dancers.
8. A
of wild animals can be seen in the Corbett National Park.
EXERCISE 6
Match Common Nouns in Column-A with Abstract Nouns in Column-B:
Column-A Column-B
1. chocolatee love
2 marble
elasticity
3. baby crispnesSS
night darknesS
5 rubber softness
6. wafers Sweetness
painting swiftnesSs
8. mother tenderness
9 deer hardnesS
10. silk beauty
Underline the noun and name its kind common (Com.), proper (Pro.), collective (Coll
abstract (Abs.), material (M).
1. The Sun Temple depicting mythological conception of the Sun God
riding a twenty four wheeled chariot driven by seven horses carved in
stone is at Konark, Orrisa.
2. Abraham Lincoln was the man responsible for abolishing slavery and
injustice in the United States of America.
3. Rajasthan is a land of kings and is famous for its royal grandeur.
4. A plague of locusts destroyed the entire crop of grains.
5. Tourism is the backbone of San Francisco's economy.
6. Los Angeles is a city brimming with energy and creativity.
Camel riding, a traditional sport, is extremely popular in the Emirates.
8. was surprised to see a brood of chicks and litter of
a puppies playing together
9 A.R.Rehman is the first Indian music composer, who won the Oscar award in the
year 2009
10. Renowned both for its beauty and of
as a source
hydro electric power, the Niagara Falls is a
massive waterfallon the Niagara river.
