Noun for class 5 English

Concept:Proper,Common & Collective Nouns

Definition :

Nouns are naming words. It can name anything like a person, an animal, a thing, a quality, an idea, a group etc. Based on this, a noun is classified into further subtypes.

Types of Nouns:

We will be studying three types of nouns. The three types of nouns are mentioned below.

A. Proper Noun :

stands for names of specific people, place or thing, and they always start with a capital letter. For instance, Mumbai, Ganges, Rakesh, etc.

Examples :

1. The first-ever train in India ran from Mumbai to Thane.
2. The river Ganga stretches for about 1557 miles long.
3. Ashoka was the greatest emperor of his time.

B. Common Noun :

Nouns that are general names of a thing or a person within a group are called common nouns.

Examples:

1. You should not sit in the teacher’s chair.
2. A boy from Hyderabad transferred to our class this week.
3. Close the door on your way out.

C. Collective Noun :

A collective noun refers to a collection or group of something or some people like a crowd, shoal, bundle, etc.

Examples :

1. The crew made it to the shore safely in their ship.
2. The jury decided to punish all the thieves.
3. Those boys from the band also sing in the choir .

Application / Rules :

Proper nouns should always start with a capital letter. Example: Taj mahal is one of the wonders of the world
A noun must agree with the verb in terms of person, number and gender.
Example: Aarti does not know about the class.
When collective nouns are taken as a whole, then it will take singular verb, but when they show different things combined together, then they will take a plural verb.
Example: The team has performed well.

Common mistakes :

1. Some common nouns are not used in plural form. We do not add ‘s’ or ‘es’ to make some common nouns plural but only use them in the singular form. If they indicate more than one, then we don’t add ‘s’ or es’.

   Examples :

   Look at the sentence below. Here ‘s’ should not be added.

   I need the infomations ❌

   I need the information. ✅

2. Also remember ‘s’ is not added with nouns that denote a class.

         Examples :

         Look at the sentence below, the ‘s’ after blind is inappropriate. It should be only ‘blind’ instead. In the sentence given below, ‘blind’ means the group of people who are blind, so the word is used in the singular form.

         We have started a school for the blinds. ❌

         We have started a school for the blind. ✅

         This mind map should help you remember the type of noun better.

Concept : Nouns Recap and Abstract Nouns for Class 5 English

 

In this concept, students will be able to revise the concept of nouns and various types of nouns. They can also study abstract nouns in details along with examples and pictures. Abstract nouns dicusses the emotions, ideas, or conditions of something.

In this learning concept, the students will learn the following:

• To pick out the common noun and proper nouns from sentences.
• To complete sentences by adding collective and abstract nouns.

The students of class 5 English will learn all the concepts along with examples, illustrations, and concept maps. After you go through a concept, assess your learning by solving the two printable Noun reap and abstract noun worksheets given at the end of the page.

Download the worksheets and check your answers with the worksheet solutions for the concept nouns recap and abstract nouns provided in PDF format.

Types of Nouns with Definition

There are about three types of nouns which are proper, common and collective nouns. Let us take a look at the meaning of all these nouns.

A. Proper nouns are names of places, things or animals. It is not used for something in general but those which are specific for a particular person, animal or thing.

     Examples:

1. Germany is a country that is part of Europe.
2. Ratan is an intelligent boy.

B. Common nounsare names of a particular class or group of people, things or animals. Common nouns are common names given to people, places and things.

    Examples:

1. There are many boys and girls in my class.
2. My parents got a new chair for my room.

C. Collective nouns are nouns that signify some person, animal or thing in groups.

     Examples:

1. There is a crowd at the wedding.
2. The bundle of sticks is tied up with a ribbon.

Now let us learn about the fourth type of noun, which is the abstract noun.

Abstract Nouns

Abstract Nouns Definition:

Abstract nouns are ideas that refer to quality. They cannot be felt like physical objects.

Examples:

1. The beauty of her actions will live longer than her beautiful face.
2. One should always control their anger, for anger destroys everything

In the example given above, ‘beauty’ and ‘anger’ are not things that can be touched, but these words are ideas of what makes a beautiful person & what does anger do to people.
Abstract nouns can be better understood once you look at the categories, it is divided into. The various type or classifications of abstract nouns are as follows:

1. Emotion

    Abstract nouns can indicate some kind of emotion.

    Examples:

    Happiness cannot be bought by money.

2. Idea

    Abstract nouns often show some idea.

    Examples:

    Knowledge is the biggest power of an individual.

3. State

    By state, it means the condition at which something or someone at a particular point in time.

    Examples:

    Freedom is our birthright.

4. Action

    Nouns that describe an action, such types of abstract nouns originate from verbs like laughter      describe the action ‘to laugh’.

    Examples:

    Laughter is the best medicine.

5. Event

    These abstract nouns denote an occurrence of an event or incident.

    Examples:

    My birthday is on the 7th of February.

Misconceptions

1. Abstract nouns are often confused with adjectives since both have some similarities while            stating qualities or state/conditions.

    Examples:

1. There was sadness in her voice.
2. She had a sad voice.

    In the first sentence, the word ‘sadness’ speaks about sad emotion. It might be confused with      an adjective, but it is an abstract noun. However, in the second sentence, the word ‘sad’ is an      adjective as it describes the noun ‘voice’.

2. Some abstract nouns may be confused with verbs since they both, in a certain way, denote          action in some cases.

    Examples:

1. Do not laugh. This is not funny.
2. Your laughter can offend others.

Here in the first sentence, ‘laugh’ is a verb but in the second sentence, ‘laughter’ is an abstract noun.