Definition:
A noun is the name of a person, animal, place or thing.
Examples:
Pakistan, USA, China, boy, sear, river, Faseeh, john, cat etc.
Topic_2 Noun (اسم) Grammar and Composition.
Kinds of Nouns.
There are five kinds of nouns.
- Common Noun.
- Proper Noun.
- Material Noun.
- Collective Noun
- Abstract Noun.
1. Common Noun:
it refer to a general class of person, place or thing.
Examples:
Boys, girls, city, river, man, woman, etc.
2. Proper Noun:
It refer to specific person, place or thing.
Examples:
Karachi, Lahore, Uaroosa, Qauaid-e-Azam, Indus, Ravi, Etc.
3. Material Noun:
It refers to a material substance.
Examples:
wood, gold, silver, steel, water, blood, iron, etc.
4. Collective Noun:
It refers to a number (or collection) of people or things taken together and spoken as a whole.
Examples:
army, class, team, crowded, fleet, etc.
5. Abstract Noun:
It refer to something immaterial a person can not touch.
Examples:
honesty, beauty, truth, wisdom, health, etc.
EXERCISES
(A) underline the nouns in the following sentences:
- The table is made of wood.
- Gold is a precious metal.
- the horse is a faithful animal.
- Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan.
- Quaid-e-Azam is our national hero.
- Our cricket team played well.
- the sun rises in the east.
- Honesty is the best policy.
- Always speak the truth.
- Blood is thicker than water.
(B) Fill in the blanks with suitable nouns.
- Don not tell a _________________________.
- The _________________________ shines in the night.
- _________________________ is the capital of Punjab.
- The river _________________________ is the longest river in Pakistan.
- _________________________ is our national poet.
- A knife is made of wood and _________________________.
- _________________________ is a good cricketer.
- _________________________is the biggest city in Pakistan.
- _________________________ is our national language.
- _________________________is an industrial city of Pakistan.
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Definition:
A noun is the name of a person, animal, place or thing.
Examples:
Pakistan, USA, China, boy, sear, river, Faseeh, john, cat etc.
Topic_2 Noun (اسم) Grammar and Composition.
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