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What is a noun?

Noun Definition | Meaning

A noun is a naming word. It can be the name of a thing, place, person, animal or feeling.

Examples of Noun

Naming People
It could be a name of any person, for example: John, Fatima, Singh, Michael, Tom and so on.

Naming Places
It could be a name of any place, for example: America, China, Church, Taj Mahal, Paris and so on.

Naming Things
Naming things are like Car, Hat, Bottle, Table, Chair, Ball and so on.

Naming Animals
Dog, Rabbit, Elephant, Chicken, Horse.

Naming Feeling/Qualities/Ideas
Joy, Fear, Beauty, Strength, Anger.

Example Sentences

1. I live in Australia.
2. Jenny is my sister.
3. I love to play with my dog.
4. The name of this monkey is Boo.
5. Pacific Ocean is very vast.

All the things in the world of nouns fall into two classes:

1. Concrete Noun (or Material Noun)
2. Abstract Noun

All Types of Nouns

• Proper Noun
• Common Noun
• Collective Noun
• Concrete Noun (or Material Noun)
• Abstract Noun
• Possessive Noun
• Number Noun
• Compound Noun
• Countable Noun
• Uncountable Noun (or Mass Noun)
• Masculine Noun
• Feminine Noun

Proper Noun

Names of people or places such as your name, your friend’s name, your parents’ name or the name of your town and country are special naming words. These words are called proper nouns. Special naming words or proper nouns always  always begin with a capital letter.

Example Sentences of Proper Noun

1. My name is Mark.
2. Her name is Sofie.
3. Come Tom, let us go for a walk.
4. Hello Jack! Will you play with me?
5. My cousin lives in Norway.
6. These bears are from China.
7. Albert Einstein was born in Germany.
8. I visited the Taj Mahal in India.
9. Fio and Laa are close friends.

Understanding Proper Nouns

The days of the week and the months of the year are proper nouns.

Example Sentences

1. Every Sunday Mike visits the church.
2. Christmas comes in the month of December.
3. My sister was born in March month.
4. Sam goes for swimming classes every Friday.

The names of festivals and some special days are proper nouns.

Example Sentences

1. Christmas is my favourite festival.
2. My mother likes Mother’s Day.
3. We will celebrate New Year’s Eve.

The names of buildings, mountains, rivers and seas are also proper nouns.

Example Sentences

1. I have seen the Great Wall of China.
2. Last year we visited the Niagara Falls.
3. Many people  have climber the Mount Everest.
4. River Nile is very long.

Common Noun

Common nouns are naming words that are common to people, places, things and animals etc. Common nouns do not define any particular person, place or thing. They are general names. So, they are not capitalized unless they begin a sentence. For example boy, girl, doctor, town, city, dog, car and so on.

Example Sentences of Common Noun

1. Teachers teach in school.
2. Birds live on trees.
3. I love to read storybooks.
4. Sally’s mother is a doctor.
5. These chocolates and cakes are so delicious.

Identify and learn about proper nouns and common nouns in the list of sentences below.

1. Sony produces cameras too.
2. Alicia and Cathy were playing with a doll.
3. Sandy is joining school today.
4. Hens have laid eggs at Todd‘s farm.
5. The postman Mr. Robert was carrying postcards.

In above examples the words in purple colour are proper noun whereas words in green colour are common nouns.

Collective Noun

Collective nouns are used to name a group of persons, places, animals or things. A collective noun represents a complete whole. For examples: a library of books, a team of players and a family of four.

Some collective nouns are used to name a group of animals and birds.

1. A flock of sheep.
2. A herd of cattle.
3. A stud of horses.
4. A gaggle of geese.
5. A litter of cubs.
6. A flock of birds.
7. A shoal of fish.
8. A pack of wolves.
9. A swarm of bees.

Some collective nouns define a group of people.

1. A crew of sailors.
2. An army of soldiers.
3. A band of musicians.
4. A class of pupils.
5. A troupe of actors.
6. A panel of judges.
7. A gang of robbers.

There are some collective nouns that stand for a group of things.

1. A bunch of keys.
2. A pile of clothes.
3. A collection of books.
4. A string of pearls.
5. A set of stamps.
6. A galaxy of stars.
7. A pack of cards.
8. An atlas of maps.
9. A bouquet of flowers.
10. A bunch of grapes.

Example Sentences of Collective Noun

1. My maternal aunt bought me a pair of tennis shoes.
2. At the playground, you get to observe a colony of ants.
3. A pile of clothes was kept on the bed.
4. I need to finish an agenda of tasks before I leave.
5. There is a network of computers in Joseph’s office.

Concrete Noun

Things that have material bodies are called “concrete nouns.” In other words, a concrete noun represents a material object rather than an abstract quality, state, or action, for example, a building, tree, or dog.

Example Sentences of Concrete Noun

1. The dog is a faithful animal.
2. She gave me a bouquet of flowers.
3. He bought a new pack of playing cards.
4. I cannot go outside because of the rain.
5. The scent of the perfume is delightful.

Abstract Noun

These are the nouns that name feelings, qualities, actions, ideas, states, and other things that one cannot touch or see but feel or experience. They are called abstract nouns. In other words, things that have no material bodies are known as abstract nouns.

Example Sentences of Abstract Noun

1. We should always speak the truth.
2. The audience burst into peals of laughter.
3. Theidioms.com gives us a lot of knowledge.
4. Treat animals with kindness.
5. In his excitement, he dropped his glass.

Possessive Noun

A possessive noun is a word that names who or what has or owns something. We add an apostrophe and s (‘s) to form the possessive of most singular nouns.

Example Sentences of Possessive Noun

1. This is Bob’s skateboard. (Means – The skateboard belongs to Bob)
2. This is Ian’s Coat. (Means – The coat belongs to Ian)
3. Papa bought a new frame for grandpa’s spectacles.
4. Ted’s dream for a bicycle came true on his birthday.
5. Julia’s homework was not checked.

Sometimes we need to show possession for plural nouns or where the owners are more than one. In such cases we add an apostrophe at the end.

1. A girls’ school is located near my house.
2. We should not harm the birds’ nests.

Number Noun

Number nouns denote one or many. There are two kinds of number nouns:

1. Singular number noun – It stands for one person, animal, thing or place.
2. Plural number noun – It stands for more than one person, animal, thing or place.

For example: One toy, three balls, two dogs, five cars, nine planets and so on.

Generally, by adding a ‘s’ at the end, we can change a singular noun to a plural noun.

There are different rules we follow to change a singular noun to a plural noun.

Rule 1

When a singular noun ends with a ‘y’ after a consonant, we remove the ‘y’ and add ‘ies’.
For example:

• City – Cities
• Lady – Ladies
• Story – Stories

Consonants are all other letters except vowels (a, e, i, o, u).

Rule 2

If there is vowel before ‘y’ just add s to form its plural.
For example:

• Boy – Boys
• Day – Days
• Trolley – Trolleys
• Toy – Toys

Rule 3

When a singular noun ends with ‘o’ after a vowel, add ‘s’ to make it a plural noun.
For example:

• Bamboo – Bamboos
• Radio – Radios
• Video – Videos

Rule 4

When a singular noun ends with ‘o’ after a consonant, we add ‘es’ to make it a plural noun.
For example:

• Tomato – Tomatoes
• Volcano – Volcanoes
• Hero – Heroes

It is also possible that for few nouns ending with ‘o’ preceded by a consonant, we add the letter ‘s’ to form their plurals.
For example:

• Piano – Pianos
• Photo – Photos

Rule 5

If a singular noun ends with a sound like ‘s’ such as ‘ss’, ‘sh’, ‘ch’, ‘x’, ‘z’, ‘tch’, we add ‘es’ to make it plural.
For example:

• Box – Boxes
• Watch – Watches
• Dress – Dresses
• Quiz – Quizzes

Rule 6

If a singular noun ends with ‘f’ or ‘fe’, change the ‘f’ into ‘v’ and add ‘es’ to make it plural.
For example:

• Life – Lives
• Calf – Calves
• Loaf – Loaves
• Knife – Knives

Irregular Plural

Plurals of some nouns remains the same.
For example:

• Fish – Fish
• Deer – Deer
• Cattle – Cattle
• Sheep – Sheep
• Bison – Bison

Plural of some nouns are totally different from their singular form.
For example:

• Mouse – Mice
• Ox – Oxen
• Cactus – Cacti
• Child – Children
• Man – Men

Some nouns are always plural like pants, jeans, shorts, tongs, scissors, hair and sunglasses.

Compound Noun

Compound nouns are formed by joining two nouns together. There are three different ways to form compound nouns:

1. The closed form, like notebook, firefly and keyboard.
2. The hyphenated form, like x-ray, co-pilot and mother-in-law.
3. The open form, like post office, history book, mineral water.

Example Sentences of Compound Noun

1. Ian looked at his timetable.
2. It was going to be lunchtime.
3. The basketball match was scheduled in the afternoon.
4. Just after the breakfast, Matt rushed to his tracksuit.
5. X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen.

Countable Noun

Nouns that can be counted are called countable nouns. Most of the nouns come in the category of countable nouns rather than uncountable nouns because they refer to things, people or animals that can be counted.

Example Sentences of Countable Noun

1. I saw two owls sitting on the tree.
2. There are four milk bottles in the fridge.
3. My father has two cars.
4. I need an umbrella to get out in the rain.
5. To make this cake we need an egg.

Note: We use ‘the’ for some singular nouns which are unique (one of their kind). For example: The Earth, The Sun, The Moon etc.

Uncountable Noun

Nouns that cannot be counted are called uncountable nouns. Uncountable nouns also known as ‘mass noun.’

We cannot count certain things in numbers such as milk, rain, sugar, water, jam. We have to use words like – a glass of milk, a jar of sugar, a jug of water or a bottle of jam. We can use terms like – a little, plenty or a bowl of with uncountable nouns. Though these nouns can be measured, they cannot be counted. Such nouns do not have a singular or plural form.

The Noun: Gender

Noun words can be divided into masculine and feminine.

Masculine Nouns

Masculine nouns represent males: Boys, men and male animals. For example: Prince, man, king, boy, cock, lion etc.

Feminine Nouns

Feminine nouns represent females: Girls, women and female animals. For example: Princess, woman, queen, girl, hen, lioness, etc.

But there are some nouns that represent both males and females. For example: Children, artists, principals, teachers, singers, lawyers, etc.

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A naming word like cat or table.

Это все равно что назвать собаку собакой или стол назвать столом.

A noun is a naming word, a pronoun is used instead of a noun, an adjective describes a noun, a verb describes the action of a noun, an adverb describes the action of a verb.

Существительное — название предмета вместо него используется местоимение, прилагательное описывает существительное глагол описывает действие, совершаемое существительным, наречие описывает действие глагола.

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For example, walking while counting backwards by 7s; performing repetitions of a resistance exercise while naming words that start with the letter «S»; or solving basic math problems while riding a stationary bike.

Выполняя повторения упражнений с сопротивлением, называя слова, начинающиеся с буквы «ф»; или решение основных математических задач во время езды на велотренажере.

Of a word naming the foreign city you’d be absent from.

Одним словом, жизни, в которой больше не будет вас.

In a study of best friends, the future of their relationship could be predicted by how well they play word guessing when one talks about a word without naming it, and the second must guess what word it is.

В исследовании лучших друзей будущее их отношений могли предсказать по тому, насколько хорошо они играют в угадывание слов, когда один рассказывает о слове, не называя его, а второй должен угадать, что это за слово.

If understanding a word and naming it is subtracted from the translation of a given word to a foreign language, we will have in an exact form the process that is the basis of translating from one language to another.

Если от перевода данного слова на иностранный язык отнять его понимание и называние, мы получим в чистом виде тот процесс, который лежит в основе перевода с одного языка на другой.

We tend to think of forenames as nouns («naming words«).

Мы склонны думать об именах как о существительных («называть слова»).

People with this condition may make grammatical errors, have difficulty putting sentences together, or have trouble recognising and naming words and faces.

Люди с этим заболеванием могут делать грамматические ошибки, с трудом составляют предложения, или могут иметь проблемы с распознаванием и наименования слов и лица.

Therefore, if we want to solve the mystery of this name, we will have to go into a detailed etymology of this naming word.

Поэтому, если мы хотим разгадать тайну этого имени, нам придётся уйти в подробную этимологию этого назывательного слова.

The patients may have difficulties naming certain words, linked by their grammatical type (e.g., difficulty naming verbs and not nouns) or by their semantic category (e.g., difficulty naming words relating to photography but nothing else) or a more general naming difficulty.

Пациенты могут испытывать трудности с именованием определенных слов, ассоциирующихся с их грамматическим типом (например, сложности с называнием глаголов и существительных) или семантической категорией (например, трудности с называнием слов, относящихся к фотографии, но ничего иного) или более общие сложности с именованием.

In Turkic languages there are two words naming horses — at and jaby which are somewhat different in semantics.

В тюркских языках есть два слова для названия коня — at и jaby несколько отличные по семантике.

People usually think about social networks when naming the word «targeted» and this is both right and wrong at the same time.

В народе принято думать о социальных сетях при назывании слова «таргетированная» и это как правильно, так и не правильно одновременно.

Signals, inspiration, enthusiasm, speech, true vision, power of words and naming.

Сигналы, вдохновение, энтузиазм, речь, истинное видение, власть(мощь) слов и обозначения(перечисления).

«Early» appears to be the key word in naming the benefits of this approach.

«Ранний», по-видимому, является ключевым словом в названии преимуществ этого подхода.

The player begins to guess the word, naming the letters.

Игрок пытается угадать слово, вводя буквы.

Americans have an odd way of naming games with words that have no relation to the game, which is the case with Blackjack.

У американцев есть нечетный способ называния игр со словами, которые не имеют никакого отношения к игре, что и в случае с блэкджками.

The words naming younganimals in Russian are formed with the help of this suffix and its variant-oHok.

При помощи этого суффикса и его варианта -онок в русском языке образуются слова-названия детёнышей животных.

Deon and Yolandi calm the robot, teaching it words and naming it «Chappie».

Деон и Йоланди успокаивают робота и обучают его словам, а он получает имя «Чаппи».

In other words, naming objects in another language inhibits the corresponding labels in the native language, making them more difficult to retrieve later.

Другими словами, обозначение объектов на другом языке запрещает соответствующие значения на родном, делая их менее восстанавливаемыми позже.

But unlike the word — single naming, a phraseological unit is a composite, integral nomination that has an indirectly nominative meaning.

Однако в отличие от слова — одинарного наименования, фразеологическая единица пред-ставляет собой составную, целостную номинацию, обладаю-щую косвенно-номинативным значением.

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In this quick article, we answer the question, is the word “it” a noun?

We also review what nouns are and investigate the circumstances in which the word “it” may be construed as a noun. Before answering the question “is the word ‘it’ a noun?”, it is worth taking a look at the difference between nouns and pronouns.

What is a noun?

A noun is a naming word that is used to name a person, place, thing or abstract idea. There are abstract nouns and concrete nouns.

You can watch a video about nouns. Alternatively, if you would prefer a free PDF presentation, you can download one by clicking on the image below.

What is a pronoun?

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. Words such as “he,” “she,” “us,” “we” and “they” are all pronouns.

Let’s have a look at an example:

The boys at the football club think they are so clever.

In this sentence, the word “boys” act as the noun and “they” is the pronoun, because it has been used in place of repeating the words “the boys.”

Is the word “it” a noun or a pronoun?

Look at the following sentence:

I am scared of the dog, it is always growling at me.

Do you think the word “it” is a noun or a pronoun? Has it been used to name something or has it been used in place of the name of something?

It is a pronoun, a word that replaces a noun. It has been used to replace the reference to the dog.

For more guidance on nouns, take a look at this guide to converting a singular noun to a plural noun.

Can the word “it” be a noun?

It is possible for the word it to be a noun if it is used as the proper name for something. For example, there is a novel called “It” that was written by Stephen King. In this context, the word “It” acts as a proper name for the book. Likewise, if you call someone the name “It” you are using a proper noun. In both cases the word “it” should have a capital letter because you are using a proper noun.

How can I differentiate between nouns and pronouns?

Pronouns never, ever, ever get an apostrophe to indicate possession. Think about it: You don’t say “mi’ne” or “hi’s” or “her’s”–and you don’t say “your’s” or “it’s” to indicate possession.

And that should answer the question “is the word ‘it’ a noun?”

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