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Ways to recognize the Noun Welcome to Learning View Bd Let's take a look at what is in our class today. How to Find Parts of speech,  Noun way to recognize , Noun meaning, Types of noun, Noun examples, Countable and uncountable nouns, determiner, possessive pronouns.   

What are the parts of speech?

Usually any semantic word is called Parts of speech in English.

Types of parts of speech:

Parts of speech Total 8 types . E.g.

  1. Noun
  2. Pronoun
  3. Adjective
  4. Verb
  5. Adverb
  6. Preposition
  7. Conjunction
  8. Interjection

 Today we  will start to know the way to recognize Noun as a way to  recognize Parts of speech . Next we  will know how to recognize each  Parts of speech .

Noun কাকে বলে (noun meaning in Bengali)?

Noun definition:  Noun is a noun by which a person refers to the name of an object or place.

Noun examples: Hasan, Water, Dhaka, Book etc.

Types of noun:

The noun is divided into five parts. E.g.

  1. Proper Noun
  2. Common Noun
  3. Collective Noun
  4. Material Noun
  5. Abstract Noun

Proper Noun definition:  The specific name of a specific person, object, animal or place  is called Proper Noun.

One thing to note here is that the person will specify the name of the object or place.

Proper Noun examples: Jami, Table, Comilla etc.

Here Jami means only one. She's Jami. That is to be specified.

Common Noun definition: Common Noun is  defined as "many" or "many" without specifying a specific name  .

Proper Noun examples: City, River, Boy, Girl etc.

Boy here does not mean a specific boy. Rather it could be any boy here. In the same way, City means a City. Not any city can be.

Collective Noun definition:  Here basically refers to a group. That is, the words that refer to a group, group or group is  called Collective Noun.

Collective Noun examples: Army, Team, Cattle etc.

Here Team means a team. For example, Bangladesh Cricket Team. Who are representing the whole of Bangladesh.

Material Noun definition:  The words that refer to the name of an object are called  Material Noun.

Material Noun examples: Oil, Water, Milk etc.

Here the words Water, Oil are material noun examplesnoun .

Abstract Noun definition: Words that  can be felt but not touched are  called Abstract Noun.

Abstract Noun examples: Love, Kindness, Honesty etc.

You cannot measure or touch the value of honesty. So Honesty Abstract Noun.

Countable and Uncountable Noun:

Noun can be divided into two parts from the point of view of calculation.  E.g.

১. Countable Noun

২. Uncountable Noun

Countable Noun:  A noun that can be measured or calculated  is called a Countable Noun .

Countable Noun list: Chair, Table, Mobile, Book, Apple, Computer etc.

Uncountable Noun:  A noun that cannot be measured or calculated  is called an uncountable noun.

Uncountable Noun list: Milk, Honesty, Love, Kindness etc.

Easy way to recognize a noun:

Easy way to recognize Countable and Uncountable  Noun :

Rule 1:

How to identify Countable  Noun :

1. Article (A, An, The) precedes Countable Noun.

2. S / es is added to the Countable Noun.

3. Countable Noun can be done in Single or Plural Forms.

4. Countable Nouns do not form sentences without any Possesive form.

Rule 2:

Uncountable Noun :

1. Uncountable Noun has only Singular Form.

2. Uncountable Noun is not associated with s / es.

3. Article (A, An, The) does not precede Uncountable Noun. However, sometimes Article is used to mean specific.

Rule 3:

If there is only one word after the article, it must be Noun.

Example: I walked for a while.

Explanation: Here a is Article. So the word after a is while Noun.

Rule 4:

If there is only one word after the possessive form, it must be Noun.

Example: Give place to your betters.

Explanation: Here your is  Possesive form . So your next word betters is Noun.

আরও কিছু possessive pronouns example: me, your, his, her, its, our.

Rule 5:                                 

If there is only one word after preposition, it must be Noun.

Example: Anawar is wearing the shoe for going to school.

Explanation: Here for Preposition. So the next word for is going is Noun.

Rule 6:

If there is a verb after the article, it must be Noun.

Example: Where is a will, there is a way.

Explanation: Here after Article a will is Verb. So will will be used as a noun here.

Rule 7:

If there is a word between Article and Preposition, then that Word will be Noun.

Example: He kept the fast for a week.

Explanation: Here a word between Article the and Preposition for is fast. So fast will be used as a noun here.

Rule 8:

If there is more than one word after preposition, the first will be Adjective and the next will be Noun.

Example: This is a book of English language.

Explanation: Here Preposition is followed by Word, English and language. So English Word will be Adjective and Language Word will be Noun.

Rule 9:

The next word in Determiner  will be Noun.

Example: The kindness of prophet Mohammad(sm) will be remembered forever.

Explanation: Here The is  Determiner , so kindness will be used as Noun here.

What is Determiner or Determiner?

Determiners are words that indicate the specificity, indeterminacy, number or quantity of a Noun or Pronoun.

What does Determiner mean?

Determiner means to indicate.

List of determiners:

Article Determiner: A, An, The

Possessive pronouns: my, your, his, her, its, our.

Demonstrative: This, that, these, those.

Also Some, Any, So, Each, All, Many, Few, Several, Much, Little, Less etc.  are used as Determiner  ( Determiner example ).

Rule 10:

Too much / much is used before Uncountable.

Example: There is too much traffic on the road.

Rule 11:

Too many / many is used before countable.

Example: There have many book on the table.

Rule 12:

Too much / much / Too many / many The next word will be Noun.

Example: There have many book on the table.

Explanation: Here the word after many will be Book Noun.

Rule 13.

Uncountable is preceded by little, a little, the little, only little, much, less. Then the next word of these next words will be Noun.

Example: Little information is currently available to study this project.

Nouns are recognized by suffixes or suffixes at the end of words   .

Rule 14.

-age, if added at the end of the word, the word will be Noun.

Example: Marriage.

Rule 15.

-cy, if added at the end of the word, the word will be Noun.

Example: accuracy.

Rule 16.

-ence, if added at the end of the word, the word will be Noun.

Example: innocence.

Rule 17.

-hood, if added at the end of the word, the word will be Noun.

Example: childhood.

Rule 18.

-ment, if added at the end of the word, the word will be Noun.

Example: management.

Rule 19.

-sion, if added at the end of the word, the word will be Noun.

Example: confusion.

Rule 20.

-ance, if added at the end of the word, the word will be Noun.

Example: attendence.

Rule 21.

-dom, if added at the end of the word, the word will be Noun.

Example: martyrdom.

Rule 22.

-th, if added at the end of the word, the word will be Noun.

Example: growth.

Rule 23.

-tude, if added at the end of the word, the word will be Noun.

Example: attitude.

Rule 24.

-ure, if added at the end of the word, the word will be Noun.

Example: pleasure.

Rule 25.

-tion, if added at the end of the word, the word will be Noun.

Example: action.

Today we will keep our learning till now. If we review our lessons today, what we have learned today : Parts of speech, the way to  recognize, the easy way to recognize the Noun, Noun meaning, Types of noun, Noun examples, Countable and uncountable nouns, determiner, possessive pronouns.  I hope you have no problem with the above topics. If so, let us know.

In fact, we all know that some names are called Nouns. But in different ways Noun comes to our test. So   today we have presented to you 25 ways or rules as a way to recognize a noun . Hopefully these will help you enough to recognize the Noun.