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Look at the underlined words in the sentences:-

I. Amal is my friend.

II. Jim is her pet dog.

III. We sit on chair.

IV. We live in Agartala.

V. Our team has won.

VI. Honesty is the best quality.

VII. Their condition is very bad.

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I. Amal names a person.II. Jim names an animal.III. Chair names an object.IV. Agartala names a place.V. Team names a collection.VI. Honesty names a quality.VII. Condition names a situation.

So,Nouns are naming words or words which names And So,Nouns are naming parts in a sentence.

Each of the underlined word names

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1.The Common Noun.

2.The Proper Noun.

3.The Collective Noun.

4.The Material Noun.

(The above four kinds are concrete nouns)

5.the Abstract Noun.

Kinds of nouns

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A common noun is a name given to every person or thing

of same class .

(Common here means shared by all)

Examples:-Boy, girl, city, country, etc.

Boy is a name common to every boy.

Girl is a name common to every girl.

City is a name common to every city.

Country is a name common to every country.

The Common Noun

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Some common nouns

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Let us make a poster of common nouns

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A chart of common & proper nouns

Now, make a similar chart of common and

proper nouns

Common Noun Proper Noun

Poet Rabindranath

Book Ramayan

Day Sunday

Month March

Place Agartala

Country India

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A collective noun is the name of a number (or collection)of persons or

things taken together and spoken of as a whole.

Examples: 1.A crowd=A collection of people.

2.An army=A collection of soldiers.

3.A family= A collection of parents & children.

4.A fleet=A collection of ships or vessels.

5.A team= A collection of players.

The Collective Noun

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Material Noun is the name of a material or a substance or an ingredient that other things are made from. Examples: 1. Cotton dress is cheap. 

2.I purchased a gold ring. 3.This is a shop for diamonds.  4.Calcium is good for health.  5.Plastic is for ordinary use. 6.The child drank the milk. 

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The Material Noun

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GoldSalt

paperIronSilverBronzeCopperSteelDiamondCoalPlasticRubber

Few of the Material Nouns : 

Here is an activity for you—Name ten more material nouns.

A noun denoting something immaterial

and abstract ,or noun that names

an idea, event, quality, or concept.

It is one class of noun your five senses

cannot detect.

THANK YOU