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4. The Noun






               Everything that we can see around us is a noun              .

               The name of a person, animal, place or thing is called a ‘noun.’


               Examples :         (a)  A doctor

                                (b)  A playground

                                (c)  A football

                                 (d)  A cow




          Kinds of Noun



          There are five kinds of noun :


                                                            Noun







                  Proper            Common                Collective          Material               Abstract

                   Noun               Noun                  Noun                Noun                   Noun



          1.  Proper Noun : A proper noun is the special name of a particular person, animal,

               place or thing. Proper noun always begins with a capital letter.



               Example : Hema        went tothe Paris      to see the Eiffel Tower     .

                                                                   ,

               In the above sentence, the words Hema Paris                 and Eiffel Tower     are the names of
               a particular girl, city and building respectively.




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