Malaysia 
WHAT IS NOUN?
A noun is a word, it is used as the name of a person, animal, place, bird, idea, emotion or thing. E.g.
BOY
GIRL
BOOK
TYPES OF NOUNS
1) PROPER NOUN
Proper Noun is a name of particular thing, person, animal and place. On the other hand, proper noun is always written with a capital letter at the beginning of the word.
Example: Dara , New York , Cambodia , John, Angkor Wat
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2) COMMON NOUN
Common Noun is a name which is given in common to everyone (person, thing, animal…..).
Example: Man, teacher, doctor, dog, cat, house, chair
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3) ABSTRACTIVE NOUN
Abstractive Noun is the name of idea, quality and action that is the name of something we can’t touch, see, smell and taste.
Example:
- Idea: Advice, ambition, wish...
- Quality: Goodness, kindness, darkness...
- Action: Talking, movement, discussion..
NOTE: Some Abstractive Nouns can make from many kinds of adjective, verb and common noun.
a) Abstractive Noun makes from adjective.
Adjective
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Abstractive Noun
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dark
poor
wise
honest
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darkness
poverty
wisdom
honesty
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b) Abstractive Noun makes from verb.
Verb
|
Abstractive Noun
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hope
regret
help
promise
|
hope
regret
help
promise
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c) Abstractive Noun is quite different from verb.
Verb
|
Abstractive Noun
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live
die
know
advise
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life
death
knowledge
advice
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d) Abstractive Noun makes from common noun.
Common Noun
|
Abstractive Noun
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man
friend
hero
infant
|
manhood
friendship
heroism
infancy
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4) COLLECTIVE NOUN
Collective Noun is a name of number or collection of person, thing and animal taken together and spoken as a whole.
Example: Army, committee, family, nation, association, community
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5) COMPOUND NOUN
Compound Nouns are the nouns that are combined between one word with another word and can make from many kinds of noun, adjective and verb.
Noun/ Adjective/verb
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Noun
|
Common Noun
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sun
strong
walking
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light
man
stick
|
sunlight
strongman
walking-stick
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6) MATERIAL NOUN
Material Noun is the name of particular object.
Example: Chair, table, car, book, pen, house, radio
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