Nouns

The name of a person, place, animal or thing is called a noun.

Common Nouns

Names commonly used for person, animal, thing and place are common nouns.

We can call with the same name to the person, animal, thing and place of the same kind and class.

• The teacher teaches the boys and girls.
• Lion, tiger and elephant are the wild animals.
• I like to eat mango, apple and banana.

Proper Nouns

Proper nouns are called the particular names of persons, animals, things or places.

We cannot call anyone or anything by that particular names.

Proper nouns always start with capital letters.

The names of the months, days, festivals are also proper nouns.

Examples :

• Mrs. Bhawna is my teacher. (Person's name)
• Erawat is a famous elephant. (Animal's name)
• Alphonso is my favourite mango. (Thing's name)
• My mother always goes to GPS Mall for shopping. (Name of place)

Collective Nouns

A collective noun is the name of a collection or group of persons, animals or things.

The group should be of the same kind of persons, animals or things.

Examples :

• I saw a litter of puppies.
• I bought a bouquet of flowers.

Here are some more examples :

• a class of students
• a bunch of grapes
• a flock of birds
• a library of books
• a herd of cows
• a swarm of bees
• a crew of sailors
• a gang of thieves
• a team of players