The Noun

1
Welcome To The Presentation
The Noun
2
Objectives

• Definition of the noun.
• Kinds of the noun.
• Common noun and Proper noun.
• Difference between common noun and proper noun.
• Material noun, collective noun and abstract noun.
• Exercise.

3
A noun refers to the name.
The Noun.

• The Names-

Horse Girl
Building
4
The Names

• City
  Mountain

5
The Noun.

• The Noun refers to the name.

The name of any person, place, thing, state,
quality or feeling is called a noun.

6
There are five kinds of the noun.
Kinds of the Noun

• 1. Common Noun
• 2. Proper Noun
• 3. Material Noun

• 4. Collective Noun
• 5. Abstract Noun

7
The Common Noun.

• The name which refers to a whole kind or class
  of persons, places or things is called a common
  noun.

8
The Common Nouns.
Horse Girl Building
9
The Common Nouns

• City Mountain

10
The Proper Noun.

• A proper name given to any common noun is called
  the proper noun.

11
The Proper Nouns
Chetak Radha Taj Mahal
Horse Girl
Building

12
The Proper Nouns.
New Delhi The Himalayas

• City
  Mountain

13
Difference Between a Proper Noun a Common
Noun..

• Common Noun
• A horse
• A girl

• Proper Noun
• Chetak
• Radha

14
Differences between Proper Noun Common Noun.
Common Noun
Proper Noun

• Taj Mahal.
• New Delhi.
• The Himalayas.

• A building.
• A city.
• A mountain.

15
Material Nouns

• The Materials

• Marble

2. Iron.
3. Clay.
4. Wood
16
The Material Noun

• Material noun is the name of a material which
  is used to make other things.
• As-

1. The Taj Mahal is made of
marble.
17
The weapons were made of
The Material Noun.
iron.
Weapons of Medieval War
18
The furniture is made of
The Material Noun.
wood.

• Handmade Furniture of 19th century.

19
The Collective Noun

• A collective noun is the name given to a group of
  persons or things.
• As-

Family
20
Collective Nouns
Army

• Public

21
The names of abstract feelings, states or
qualities are called abstract nouns.
5. The Abstract Noun.

• As-

Policy
Nature
Work
Practice
Beauty
Honesty
22
Following highlighted words are the abstract
nouns.

• Honesty is the best policy.
• Hard work is the key to success.
• WE enjoy the beauty of nature.
• Practice makes a man perfect.
• The fragrance of flowers charmed me.

23
A noun refers to a name.
The Noon.
Common Noun.

• A common noun refers to a name of person, place
  or thing of the same same class or kind.

Proper Noun.
A proper name given to a common noun is called a
proper noun.
Material Noun.
A The name of a material which is used to make
other things is called a material noun.
24
The name of a material which is used to make
other things is called a material noun.
The Material Noun.
The Abstract Noun.

• The name of abstract feelings, states or
  qualities is called an abstract noun.

25
Select the nouns and put them in appropriate
columns.
Exercise-

• New Delhi is the capital of India.
• The earth moves round the sun.
• The Ganga is a sacred river of India.
• The student was present in the class.
• Mohan never tells a lie.

26
Answer the following questions with appropriate
examples.

• What is the noun?
• What is the difference between a common noun and
  a proper noun?
• Define the material noun and the collective noun.
• What is an abstract noun?