JK Academy Nouns & Kinds of Nouns
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Look around you, everything has a name.
A nouns is a name given to persons, places, animals, things, events, qualities, states, actions, feeling, etc.
To understand nouns better, these names have been grouped into two types:
A) Concrete nouns
B) Abstract nouns
A) Concrete nouns are those nouns that we can perceive with our five senses i.e. we can see, hear, touch, smell or taste them. So, all the things around you are concrete nouns.
Example:
Names of persons – boy, aunt, teacher, Sonia, etc.
Names of things – table, computer, book, candle, etc.
Names of animals – tiger, peacock, rat, butterfly, etc.
Name of places – park, hospital, office, temple, etc.
Concrete Nouns can be further grouped into:
(1) Common Noun
(2) Proper Noun
(3) Collective Noun
(4) Material Noun
Proper noun: A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, animal or thing. It always begins with a capital letter.
For Example: Mumbai, Everest, America, Quran, Rohan, Sonia, etc.
Common noun: A common noun is the name of an ordinary person, place, thing, animal or event, etc.
For example: book, computer, stone, table, house, etc.
Collective noun: A collective noun is the name given to a group of things or persons taken together as a single unit.
For example: band, flock, swarm, fleet
Material Noun: These are the names of things existing in nature which help us to make other objects.
For Example: milk, rice, water, cotton, sugar, iron, brass, gold, mercury, etc.
B) Abstract nouns are those that we cannot perceive with our five senses i.e. we cannot see, hear, touch, smell or taste them. They are the names given to some feeling, action, event, state, quality, art or subject.
Example:
Feeling – happiness, fear, loneliness.
Quality – honesty, truth, wisdom.
Action -theft, mischief, behavior.
Art – music, painting, poetry.
Subject – English, Science, History.
State – childhood, sleep, death, youth.
Formation of Abstract nouns:
Abstract nouns are generally formed from-
(a) common nouns
(b) Adjectives
(c) Verbs
(a) from Common Nouns
| Common Noun | Abstract Noun |
| school | schooling |
| captain | captaincy |
| child | childhood |
| thief | theft |
| friend | friendship |
| king | kingship |
(b) from Adjectives
| Adjectives | Abstract Noun |
| brave | bravery |
| honest | honesty |
| free | freedom |
| poor | poverty |
| dark | darkness |
| proud | pride |
(c) from Verbs
| Verbs | Abstract Noun |
| fly | flight |
| describe | description |
| live | life |
| see | sight |
| move | motion |
| try | trial |
Worksheet on Nouns for Grade 6: http://www.jkacademypro.com/worksheet-on-nouns-for-grade-6/
Countable & Uncountable Nouns.
Nouns can also be grouped as
A) Countable nouns
B) Uncountable nouns
Countable Nouns: The nouns which can be counted are known as countable nouns. Common nouns and Collective nouns are countable nouns.
For Example: Computers are now available at discounted prices.
All shops are closed during the lock down.
There are a lot of elephants in Asia and Africa.
Uncountable nouns: The nouns which cannot be counted are known as uncountable nouns. Material nouns and Abstract nouns are uncountable nouns. Proper nouns, Material nouns and Abstract nouns have no plural forms.
For example: Wool is used to make woolen clothes.
Honesty is the best policy.
Too much sugar is not good for health.
Nouns Number – Singular & Plural
A countable noun can be one or more than one. So nouns can be further grouped as
1. Singular nouns
2. Plural nouns.
1. Singular nouns: A noun that denotes one person, place or thing is said to be in the Singular number.
For Example:
Child, tooth, pen, school, etc.
2. Plural nouns: A noun that denotes more than one person, place or thing is said to be in the Plural number.
For Example:
Children, teeth, pens, schools, etc.
Formation of Plurals
We can change singular nouns to plural nouns in the following ways:
(1) By adding s to the singular form:
| Singular | Plural |
| bag | bags |
| holiday | holidays |
| window | windows |
| brother | brothers |
| elephant | elephants |
(2) By adding es to the singular form of the nouns ending in ch, s, sh, ss, x, z:
| Singular | Plural |
| match | matches |
| bus | buses |
| bush | bushes |
| glass | glasses |
| fox | foxes |
| quiz | quizzes |
(3) By dropping the y and adding ies to the singular form of the nouns ending with y after a consonant:
| Singular | Plural |
| army | armies |
| baby | babies |
| candy | candies |
| city | cities |
| body | bodies |
(4) By adding s to the singular form of the nouns ending with y after a vowel:
| Singular | Plural |
| day | days |
| way | ways |
| joy | joys |
| guy | guys |
| key | keys |
(5) By adding ves to the singular form of the nouns ending with f or fe:
| Singular | Plural |
| half | halves |
| loaf | loaves |
| life | lives |
| leaf | leaves |
Exceptions:
By adding s:
| Singular | Plural |
| belief | beliefs |
| roof | roofs |
| cliff | cliffs |
Some nouns ending with f or fe have two plurals
| Singular | Plural |
| scarf | Scarfs / scarves |
| staff | Staffs / staves |
| wharf | Wharfs/ wharves |
| hoof | Hoofs / hooves |
(6) By adding es to the singular form of the nouns ending with o:
| Singular | Plural |
| mango | mangoes |
| tomato | Tomatoes |
| volcano | Volcanoes |
| zero | zeroes |
(7) By adding s to the singular form of foreign nouns ending with o:
| Singular | Plural |
| piano | Pianos |
| radio | radios |
| studio | studios |
(8) By changing of vowels or by adding n, en or ren to the singular form of some nouns:
| Singular | Plural |
| child | children |
| foot | feet |
| man | men |
| ox | oxen |
(9) Some nouns have the same form in the singular and plural:
| Singular | Plural |
| Deer | Deer |
| Sheep | Sheep |
(10) Some nouns have the two plural forms:
| Singular | Plural |
| fish | Fish / fishes |
| cloth | Cloths / clothes |
(11) Compound nouns change their noun parts in plural:
| Singular | Plural |
| brother–in-law | brothers-in-law |
| horseman | horsemen |
| passer-by | passers-by |
| governor-general | governor-generals |
(12) Plural forms of some foreign words:
| Singular | Plural |
| axis | axes |
| radius | Radii |
| oasis | Oases |
| formula | formulae |
(13) Nouns that are preceded by a numeral are in their singular form:
| Singular | Plural |
| One Dozen | Three dozen |
| One hundred | Five hundred |
| One thousand | Several thousand |
(14) Some nouns have plural forms with no singular forms:
(a) cattle, police, poultry, etc.
(b) arms, customs, manners, etc.
(c) scissors, pants, glasses, etc.
Worksheet on Nouns for Grade 6: http://www.jkacademypro.com/worksheet-on-nouns-for-grade-6/