Noun
01 . Noun:
Name of anything like person, animal, place, thing, abstract, idea, action, state or quality is called Noun.যেকোন ব্যাক্তি, প্রাণী, বস্তু, ভাব, ভাবনা, কাজ, অবস্থান, দোষ-গুণ, ইত্যাদির নামকে Noun বলে।Examples:
Maria, Girl, Dhaka, Book, Teacher, Water, Honesty, Happiness, Family, Sleep, Death, etc.
In Sentence: (Bold words are noun)
– A boy is coming towards us.
– Sarah is a pretty girl.
– The sun shines in daytime.
– Education removes darkness.
– Poverty is curse.Function of Noun:
Noun plays the role in a sentence as subject of a verb or object of a verb or both subject and object of a verb. Classification of nouns:
Noun can be classified into five categories:
- Proper noun
- Common noun
- Collective noun
- Abstract noun
- Material noun
i. Proper Noun:
Proper noun is the name of some particular person, place or thing.Example:– Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh. ( Dhaka is the name of a particular capital)
– Sunny is a smart boy. ( Sunny is the name of a particular boy)
– Rimi is a clever girl. (Rimi is the name of a particular girl)Proper noun always starts with capital letter.
ii. Common Noun:
Common noun is a noun that is not the name of a particular thing or class but that represents one or all of the members of that class or thing.A common noun can be preceded by articles (a, the).Examples:
– Sunny is a smart boy. (Here boy is common noun while Sunny is a proper noun)
– Rimi is a clever girl. (Here girl is common noun while Rimi is a proper noun)Examples without sentence:
– People: boy, girl, mother, father, baby, child, teacher, student, man, woman, etc.
– Things: book, table, computer, pen, pencil, etc.
– Animals: bird, dog, cat, cow, goat, wolf, tiger, etc.
– Place: city, country, state, capital, beach, forest, etc.
iii. Collective Noun:
A collective noun is the name of a collection or number or group of things or persons taken together and considered of as one whole.Example:
– The navy is ready for the voyage.
– Public was not aware of the incident.
– The proposal was approved by the cabinet.Example without sentence:
Crowd, class, army, mob, gang, team, jury, family, herd, committee, audience, council, public, navy, cabinet, group, company, society, troupe, corporation, senate, faculty, board, etc.
iv. Material Noun:
A material noun is the name of material, substance or ingredient of something.
Such as iron, steel, copper, gold, coal, silver, milk, water, tea, sugar, wheat, etc.Example:
– The necklace is made of gold.
– The cow gives us milk.
– Give me a cup of tea.
v. Abstract Noun:
An Abstract Noun is usually the name of a quality, action, state or concept.
Abstract nouns are the names of such things that can’t be touched, tested, smelt or heard.
Such as:
Quality- honesty, beauty, bravery, wisdom, heroism, stupidity, darkness, kindness, goodness, brightness, etc.
Action- Judgment, movement, laughter, hatred, theft, etc.
State- Childhood, boyhood, youth, death, poverty, slavery, sickness, sleep, etc.The names of Arts and Science such as grammar, chemistry, physics, music, etc. are also abstract noun.
