Nouns — Flashcards

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A noun is a word that names a person, animal, place, thing, or idea. For example: boy, dog, Delhi, book, honesty. Nouns are one of the main parts of speech and are used in sentences as subjects, objec…

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A common noun is a general name for people, animals, places, or things of the same kind. It does not name a specific one. Examples: boy, city, river, month. These words are not capitalized unless they…

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A proper noun is a special name for a particular person, animal, place, or thing. It always starts with a capital letter. Examples: Ashish, Shillong, Yamuna, July.

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Common nouns are general names (e.g., city, girl), while proper nouns are specific names (e.g., Mumbai, Priya). Proper nouns always begin with a capital letter; common nouns do not unless they start a…

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'Month' is a common noun because it refers to any month in general. But specific months like 'July' or 'March' are proper nouns because they name a particular month and start with a capital letter.

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Examples: India (country), Dove (soap), Paris (city), Samsung (electronics brand). These are proper nouns because they name specific things and start with capital letters.

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An abstract noun names a quality, state, feeling, or idea that we cannot see or touch. Examples: honesty, pain, fear, love. We can feel them but not see or touch them directly.

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Because honesty and fear are abstract nouns. They represent feelings or ideas, not physical things. We can see someone acting honestly, but we cannot hold 'honesty' in our hands like a book or a ball.