1, Proper Noun: A Proper noun is a noun that identifies a particular person, place, thing or event.
# Example: Rahim, Karim, Dhaka City, Monday, Tejgaon college, Eid-ul-fitre etc
** Note:- In written English , proper noun begins with a capital letter.
2. Common Noun: A Common noun is a noun which refers to people or things in common or general.
# Example: Country, city, school, day, dress, pen, phone, tv etc.
3. Collective Noun: A Collective Noun is a noun which refers to group of people or things together.
# Example: Audience, family, government, team, jury, teachers, students etc
** Note:- In American English ,most collective nouns are treated as singular with a singular verb. e.g. ‘The whole family is at the table”.
In British English, most collective nouns are treated as plural with a plural verb. e.g.’The whole family are at the table”.
4. Material Noun: A Material noun is a noun which refers to people and things that exist physically and can be seen, touched, smelled, heard or tasted.
# Example: Coffee, building, tree, tea, rice, rain, flower, beach, music etc.
5. Abstract Noun: An Abstract Noun is a noun which refers to ideas, qualities and conditions of things that cannot be seen or touched and things which have no physical reality .
# Example: Truth, danger, happiness, time, friendship, humour etc.
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Classification of noun
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