English Lesson three Nouns

Welcome to the English lesson, lesson three…

In this lesson i’m gonna teach you different types of nouns:

Nouns are four types they are as follows:

1) Collective noun                              3) countable noun

2) Abstract noun                                 4) non-countable noun

1) Collective noun: - A collective noun denotes number of person or thing

Taken together and spoken of as one whole.

For Example:

(1)  I found a bunch of keys.

(2)  The cattle were grazing in the field.

Word like bunch, cattle is called collective nouns.

In first example bunch describes the collection of things. That is keys.

In second example cattle describes the collection of animals.

2) Abstract noun:-noun that denote the qualities in people, animals or things

are called abstract nouns.

For Example:-

       (1)The fireman showed great bravery.

       (2) Laughter is a great tonic.

       (3) Who doesn’t like the smell of a rose?

Word like bravery, laughter and smell are called abstract noun.

3) Countable noun:-countable noun are easy to recognize. They are things that we can count.

For Example:-pen, coin etc.

We can count pens; we can have one, two, three or more pens.

We can also count coins; we can have one, two, three or more coins.

Countable nouns can be singular or plural.

For example:

My dog is playing.

My dogs are hungry.

We can use the indefinite article a/an with countable noun.

For example:

A dog is an animal

When a countable noun is singular, we must use a word like a/the/my/this with it.

For example:

I want an orange

You should never say I want orange.

You always say where in my bottle? And don’t say where is bottle.

When a countable noun is plural, we can use it alone.

For example:

I like oranges

Bottles can break

We can use some and any with countable nouns.

For example:

I‘ve got some money.

Have you got any pens?

We can use a few and many with countable nouns.

For example:

I have got a few rupees.

I haven’t got many pens.

Note: “people” is countable “people” is the plural of “person “we can count people.

For example:

There is one person here.

There are three people here.

4)  Un-countable noun:-uncountable nouns are substances, concepts etc., that we cannot divided into separate elements. We cannot count them.

For example:-

We cannot count “milk “we can count bottles of milks or liters of “milk “but we cannot count “milk” itself.

We cannot usually use the indefinite article a/an with uncountable nouns, we cannot say “an information” or “a music” but we can say a something of:-

A piece of news

A bottle of water

A grain of rice etc.

We can use some and any with uncountable nouns.

For Example:

I‘ve got some money.

Have you got any rice?

We can use a little and much with uncountable nouns:

I‘ve got a little money

I haven’t got much rice.

Note: uncountable noun are also called mass nouns.