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08 January 2014



" A category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its syntactic functions  or  Every single word belongs to one of Eight Word Groups is called Parts of Speech "

In English Language, the main Parts of Speech are:

Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, and Interjection. 


Noun:
A Nouns is word that name people, places, things, or ideas.
Nouns have the ability to perform different functions, or jobs, 

in the sentences.  

List of Nouns or Type of Nouns

1. Common Nouns: Name people, places or things that are not specific.

Examples:
Man or Woman, Mountain, State, Ocean, Country, Building, Cat, Airline

2. Proper Nouns: Name specific people, places, or things.

Examples:
Walt Disney, Mounts, Atlantic Ocean, Australia or New Zealand, Empire State Building, Sun Country

3. Abstract Nouns: Name Nouns that you can't perceive with your five sense. 

Examples:
History, Communication, Love, Wealth, Happiness, Pride, Religion, Belief

4. Concrete Nouns: Name Nouns that you can perceive with your five senses.

Examples: House, Ocean, Uncle Henry, Bird, Photograph, Banana, Eyes, Light, Sun, Dog, Suitcase, Flowers

5. Countable Nouns: Name Nouns that you can count.

Examples:
Bed, Cat, Movie, Train, Country, Book, cell Phone, Speaker, Clock, Pen, Imran Khan

6. Uncountable Nouns: Name Nouns that you can't count.

Examples:
Milk, Rice, Snow, Rain, Water, Food, Music

7. Compound Nouns: There are made up of two or more words.

Examples:
Table cloth, Eye Glasses, New York, Photograph, Son-in-law, Sunlight, Snow Flake

8. Collective Nouns: Refer to things or people as a unit.

Examples:
Audience, Bunch, Flock, Team, Group, Family, Village

9. Singular Nouns: Name one person or place or thing or idea.

Examples:
Cat, Ship, Hero, Monkey, Baby, Match, South Africa

10. Plural Nouns: Name more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

Examples:
Cats, Ships, Heroes, Monkeys, Babies, Matches, South Africans

11. Possessive Nouns: show ownership.

Examples:
Brother's Car, Mary's cat, The Student's book, Our Country.





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