What is a noun?

Nouns are naming words. Everything we see or are able to talk

about is represented by a word which names it - that word is
called a 'noun'. There are names for people, animals, places,
objects, substances, qualities, actions and measures.
Definition:

 Nouns are words that name people, places, things, or ideas.

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Examples:
 Names of people:
 Soldier ,Ali, cousin  
  Names for animals:
 Rat ,zebra  lion.
  Names for places:
 House - London - factory - shelter  
  Names for objects:
 Table - frame - printer - chisel
  Names for substances:
 Lead - nitrogen - water - ice
  Names for qualities:
 Kindness - beauty - bravery - wealth - faith
  Names for actions:
 Rowing - cooking - barking - reading - listening
  Names for measures:
 Month - inch - day - pound - ounce
TYPES OF NOUNS

 Common nouns: Common nouns refer to general,

unspecific categories of entities. These nouns name
general, nonspecific people, places, things, or ideas.
They start with a lowercase letter unless they begin a
sentence.
 Example:
 Writer , city, park, religion
 Proper nouns: Proper nouns are nouns that refer to
specific entities. These nouns  name specific people,
places, things, or ideas. They always start with a capital
letter.
 Example:
 Ahmad,Lahore, Paris, Disneyland, Christianity
 Abstract nouns: These are the opposite of concrete.
They name something that you cannot perceive with
your five senses - something that does not physically
exist.
 Example:
 Happiness, freedom,  love ,hate, Islam ,Christianity
Material Noun

 a noun that refers to a material or substance from

which things are made such as silver, gold, iron, cotton,
diamond and plastic. 
 Concrete nouns: These name something that you can
perceive with your five senses - something that
physically exists. These nouns that can be touched,
smelled, seen, felt, or tasted.
 Example :
  Steak, table, dog, cat, chocolate, Saima, Azhar,Maria,
salt, and wool are all examples of concrete nouns.
 Countable nouns: These can be counted, and they use
both the singular and the plural forms. Anything that
you can make plural is a countable noun.
Ex.clock/clocks, poem/poems Uncountable
nouns: These  cannot be counted. Since they cannot be
counted, they only use the singular form.
 milk, rice, water
 Compound nouns: Compound nouns are nouns made up
of two or more words. Some compound nouns are
hyphenated. (This is covered in the lesson Hyphens in
Compound Nouns.)
 Mother-in-law, Board of members, Court-martial,Paper-
clip
 Collective Nouns:
  Collective nouns are the words used for a group of
people or things.
 Examples:
 Choir,Team,Jury,Shoal,Cabinet
 Singular nouns : These refer to one person, place,
thing, or idea.
 box, face, road, ball
 • Plural nouns: These refer to more than one person,
place, thing, or idea. They generally end in with
 an s.
 Example:
 Boxes, faces, roads, balls
 Verbal Nouns
 Verbal nouns are formed from verbs. They are a type of
common noun.
 I love swimming.
 ("swimming" - the name of an activity; it is formed from
the verb 'to swim'.)
 Deep thinking is required to solve this problem.
 ("thinking" - the name of an activity; it is formed from
the verb 'to think'.)
 Possessive 's
 Adding 's or ' to show possession.
 Ali's car, my parents' house