Noun

                

Noun

It is a part of speech that names a person, place, thing, action etc. e.g. boy, girl, love, hatred, blessings, city, India etc.

Types of nouns:

Common Noun – It is a common name of things or groups. Example – boy, girl, country, city, habits etc.

Proper Noun- Particular name of a thing, person, place etc. E.g. Sukhpreet, India, Ganges, Boston etc.

Abstract Noun – Words that give names to abstract things (Things that cannot be touched or seen but felt only). E.g. Affection, Blessings, courage, cowardice, strength, power etc.

Material Noun – Names given to material. E.g. Table, Chair, dog, house etc.

Collective noun – A group of things, persons, animals etc. E.g. herd of cattle, tissue of lies, bouquet of flowers etc.

Vocabulary Booster

Thunderous	Earsplitting	I heard a thunderous sound at night.
Censorious	Harshly  critical	She is censorious of petty failings.
Nerve-racking	Stressful	It was a nerve-racking experience.
Envious	Jealous	She is always envious of her sister.
Erudite	Learned	Brainsters has an erudite team.
Damp

Make sentences with the following words:

Embarrassed, dazzling, fabulous, grandiose, jubilant,  nocturnal, noxious, plush and shimmering

Noun-Cases

Nouns are used anywhere in the sentences. Noun case tells us about the particular place of a noun in the sentence.  

1. Nominative case: 

When a noun is the subject of a verb, it is called Nominative Case. 

Examples:

Anurag is a good employee.

Dimpi is a hardworking woman.

2. Objective case (or Accusative case):

When nouns are the direct objects of a verb, it is called Objective case.

Examples: 

Riya plays football. 

Sunny drives a car.

In the above sentences, ‘football’ and ‘a car’ are the direct objects of the verbs.

3. Dative case: 

An indirect subject of the verb.

Examples: 

Riya gave me her cell phone.

I wrote her a letter.

In the above sentences, ‘me’ and ‘her’ are in dative case, as the direct objects to the verb are – ‘cell phone’ and ‘a letter’.

4. Possessive case (Genitive case): 

Nouns when express possession.
Examples: 

This is my book.

This is her house.

Here ‘my’ and ‘her’ are the examples of possessive case.

5. Vocative case:

A noun used to get the attention of person or persons.  
Examples: 

Mrs.  Surinder,  Mrs. Dimpi is waiting for you.

Ladies and gentleman, please gather in room no. 14 for a rendezvous.

Here,  ‘Mrs.  Surinder and Ladies and gentleman’ are an example of vocative case.

Appositive Case

Another noun or noun phrase used to describe a noun.

e.g. Sh. Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of the India, former Chief Minister of Gujrat, is a hardworking person.

Amanpreet, an athlete, is a language teacher.

 In the above examples, the nouns/noun phrases in bold are in Appositive case.