Noun and Pronoun (English Grammar)

 

Noun and Pronoun

NOUN

Noun:- Name of a person, place, thing, animal or idea.

Types of noun:-

1. Common noun:- It is the common name given to a person,  place, animal or thing. 

Examples:- Boys, girls, city, game, book, car, planet, school, teacher, phone, fruit etc. 

2. Proper noun:- It is the opposite of common noun. A proper noun refers to the specific name given to any person, place, animal or thing. 

Examples:- Delhi, mumbai, ram, geeta, rohan, English, samsung, iphone, monday, friday, ludo, cricket etc. 

3. Collective noun:- They are the names given to represent a group of people, animal or thing.

Examples:- A flock of birds, a class of students, a series of events, a team of players, gang, group of committee etc. 

4. Abstract noun:- it is something which we can't see, touch, hear or taste. 

Examples:- Love, hate, anger, enjoy, goodwill, desire etc. 

5. Material noun:- These are the names given to the material, substance or things made up of something. 

Examples:- Air, cloth, gold, metal, glass, fiber, diamond etc. 

6. Countable noun:- These are the names given to the things that we can count. 

Examples:- Apple, seconds, minutes, chair table, pen, pencil, bag, rupees, burger, pizza, toffees, chocolates etc. 

7. Uncountable noun:- These are the names given to the things which we can't count.

Examples:- Milk, water, knowledge, salt, rice, sugar, oil, money etc. 

PRONOUN

Pronoun:- [Pro + noun] Pronoun are the words used in place of a noun. In other words, any word which is used in place of a name is pronoun. Such as i, we, you, they, he, she, it, each, someone, who, what, few, both etc. 

Examples:- Aman is very intelligent. He is hardworking. (Aman-name, He-pronoun) 

Types of pronoun:- 

1. Personal pronoun:- I, we, you, they, he, she, it. 

Pronoun - Subject

Examples:- He is my best friend. We are brothers.

Pronoun

2. Interrogative pronoun:- Who, whom, which, what, whoever, whomever, whichever, whatever.

Examples:- What is your name?, which is your book?

3. Demonstrative pronoun:- This, that, these, those, such.

Examples:- Those are beautiful flowers., these are ugly.

4. Reflexive pronoun:- My self, yourself, herself, themselves, ourselves, yourselves, itself.

Examples:- i love myself. 

5. Relative pronoun:- Connect a clause or phrase. Such as who, whom, that, whoever, whomever, whichever.

Examples:- the girl is very cute who is standing there. 

6. Indefinite pronoun:- All, another, any, anyone, anything, each, everything, everybody, few, many, nobody, none, several, some, somebody.

Examples:- All flowers are beautiful.