Noun and Pronouns

Nouns

A noun is a word used to describe a person, place, thing or idea.

Examples

Person: man, woman, teacher, doctor, John
Place: home, office, town, country, India
Thing: table, car, banana, money, music, love, dog, monkey

Countable Nouns

Countable nouns are things that can be counted. For example: Book. You can count the number of books. You may have one, two, three or ten books.

• Countable nouns can be singular or plural.
• Countable nouns use indefinite article a/an.
• Some and Any are used with countable nouns.
• A few and Many are also used with countable noun.

Uncountable Nouns

Uncountable nouns are things which cannot be counter. For example: Milk. You can count bottles of milk or litres of milk, but cannot count milk itself.

• Uncountable nouns are treated as singular.
• Indefinite article a/an is not used with uncountable nouns.
• Some and Any are used with uncountable nouns.
• A little and Much are used with uncountable nouns.

Proper Nouns

A proper noun is any specific person, place or thing: such as names, places, companies. Proper nouns always start with a capital letter.

Common Nouns

A common noun is any non-specific person, place or thing. They are used to describe persons or things in general.

Abstract Nouns

Nouns that cannot be perceived through the five senses. Example: love, courage, childhood.

Pronouns 

Pronouns are words that take the place of a noun. Pronouns are used instead of a noun. If we didn't have pronouns, we would have to repeat a lot of nouns! So pronouns are used in place of nouns to avoid repetition.

Example

• Tony didn't go to college because Tony was sick. (Incorrect)
• Tony didn't go to college because he was sick. (Correct) - He is personal pronoun used to replace Tony.

Types of Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

• Subject Forms: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
• Object Forms: me, you him, her, it, us, them

Possessive Pronouns

• Standard Forms: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs, its

Interrogative Pronouns

These pronouns are used to introduce questions.

• Stabdard Forms: who, whom, what, which, whose

Demonstrative Pronouns

• Standard Forms: this, that, these, those

Indefinite Pronouns

• anybody, each, either, none, someone, one

Reflexive Pronouns

This class of pronouns is used when the object is same as the subject of the sentance.

• myself, yourself, himself, herself, ourselves, itself.