NOUNS

CLASSIFICATION OF NOUNS

 

Oh goody! It’s AEG Time with Mr. Chamberlain! He discussed the classifications of nouns which are Proper and Common Nouns, Count and Non count, Abstract and Concrete, Collective, Compound, Material, Gender Specific, and Singular and Plural Nouns.

 

What are Proper and Common Nouns? 

Proper nouns are names of specific people, places, things or ideas. Since they are naming specific things, they always start with a capital letter.

On the other hand, Common Nouns are general names or terms. They do not start with a capital letter. They name people, places, things or ideas that are not specific.

Example:

PROPER NOUNS                                               COMMON NOUNS

Ariana Grande                                                   singer

Philippines                                                         country

Johnny Depp                                                       actor

 

How about Count and Non count Nouns? 

Count nouns refer to things that can be divided up into smaller units which are separate and distinct from one another. They usually refer to what can individually be seen or heard. These are nouns that can be expressed in plural form, usually with an “s.”  Non count nouns refer to things that cannot be counted because they are regarded as wholes which cannot be divided into parts. They often refer to abstractions and occasionally have a collective meaning nouns are those that usually cannot be expressed in a plural form.

Example:

 

Count noun                                     Non Count noun

cat                                                      food

season                                              money

table                                                  anger

 

Cat, season and table can be expressed in plural form: cats, seasons, tables. These are count nouns. In contrast, non count nouns like food, money and anger can’t be expressed in plural form.

 

What are Abstract and Concrete nouns?

Abstract nouns name things you cannot see, hear, smell, taste or fell. In other words, abstract nouns are not tangible. They name actions, events, ideas, states of mind and qualities.

Concrete nouns are perceivable by the senses and name something you can see, hear, smell, taste or touch. These include people, animals, places and objects. Consider the following concrete nouns:

 

Concrete Nouns                                     Abstract Nouns

dentist                                                     childhood

gorilla                                                       energy

cake                                                            kindness

What are Collective nouns?

Collective nouns are words for single things that are made up of more than one person, animal, place, thing, or idea. You can’t have a team without individual members; even so, we discuss a team as a single entity.

Example:

• herd

• jury

• team

 

What are Material nouns?

Material Nouns are names of materials or substances out of which things they are made.  Usually refers to raw materials like : nature, animals, plants, man-made

Example:
gold

iron

silver

 

What are Compound nouns?

Compound nouns are words for people, animals, places, things, or ideas, made up of two or more words. Most compound nouns are made with nouns that have been modified by adjectives or other nouns. There are three kinds of a compound noun: Separated,Hyphenated and Combined.

 

What are Gender specific nouns? 

A gender-specific noun refers specifically to a male or a female.When a noun’s meaning makes its gender masculine or feminine, it is said to be a gender-specific noun. There is also a neutral gender-specific noun.

Example:

actress / waitress / vixen / bitch / sow (gender specific – female)

Dad / bull / uncle / drake / ram / boar / (a castrated male sheep or goat)

 

What are plural and singular nouns?

A plural noun is a word that indicates that there is more than one person, animal place, thing, or idea.. A singular noun names one person, place, thing, or idea.

 

 

NOUNS

NOUN CASES

And we’re back. This time, we’re studying nouns, specifically its cases with Ms. Lynndy. According to her, The case of a noun tells us about the position of that noun in a sentence.

 

MAJOR CASES OF NOUNS

 

There are actually three major cases of nouns. These are NOMINATIVE  CASE, OBJECTIVE CASE AND POSSESSIVE CASE.

 

NOMINATIVE CASE

A noun is said to be in the Nominative case if it is the subject of a verb. The subject is the person or the thing who or which carries out the action of the verb in the sentence.

Example:

The singer sings the song.

The singer is a common noun in Nominative case.

SUBJECTIVE CASE

The subjective case is used for a noun or pronoun which is the subject of a verb.

Example:

Ellaine eats pies.

The noun Ellaine is the subject of the verb eats. Ellaine is in the subjective case. 

 

POSSESSIVE CASE

A noun is said to be in possessive case, if it denotes possession or ownership. A noun or pronoun in the possessive case is governed by the noun that follows it.

Example:

This is your bag.

Here, “Your” is in possessive case.

 

Other than these, there are also two more cases of nouns such as DATIVE and VOCATIVE CASE.

 

DATIVE CASE

A noun is said to be in dative case if it is the Indirect object of the verb or the noun for whom or for which the action of the verb is carried out. There should not be a preposition before the indirect object because in that case it will be the object of that preposition.

Example:

Get him some tissue.

Him” is in dative case.

 

VOCATIVE CASE

A noun or a pronoun is said to be in Vocative case if it is used to call (or to get the attention of) a person or persons.

Example:

Kaye, flowers for you.

Kaye is in vocative case.

 

ARE NOUN CASES IMPORTANT?

Ms. Lynndy did a very great job in explaining noun cases and what their uses and importance are in a sentence.

And YES! Noun cases are important. Without noun cases, you wouldn’t able to use and understand the function that is performed by the noun in a phrase or sentence.