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☼ Definition :– It names a person, a place or a thing. It is a naming word.
| No. | RULE | USAGE | |
| 1. | The noun ‘issue’ can be used in the singular and in the plural. ‘Issue’ when used in the sense of the child, must always be in the singular form. | ⟹ | My uncle died without issue. |
| 2. | The noun ‘people’ can be used both in the singular and in the plural. | ⟹ | (a) The Indians are a kind people. (people means a nation)
(b) There are many people in India. |
| 3. | The expression ‘many a’ always takes a singular number. | ⟹ | (a) Geeta met me many a time.
(b) I have read many a poem. |
| 4. | The plural form of work generally means a factory or the writings of an author. | ⟹ | (a) We visited the plastic works.
(b) We have read the works of kalidas. |
| 5. | Materials nouns are not changed into plurals when they denote a mass of matter or substance. | ⟹ | This wall is made of brick and stone. |
| 6. | When a noun behaves as an adjective in a compound word, it is not changed into plural form. | ⟹ | (a) Give me a hundred -rupee note.
(b) Ramesh ran a ten kilometer race. |
| No. | Kind | Definition | Example | ||
| 1. | Common noun | ⟹ | Persons or things of same kind. | ⟹ | Servant, village etc. |
| 2. | Proper noun | ⟹ | A particular thing or a person. | ⟹ | Salma, Nayana, Navsari etc. |
| 3. | Countable noun | ⟹ | Things that can be counted. | ⟹ | Girls, chairs etc. |
| 4. | Uncountable noun | ⟹ | Things which cannot be counted. | ⟹ | Sugar, Kerosene etc. |
| 5. | Collective noun | ⟹ | A group of things or people. | ⟹ | Herd, crowd etc |
| 6. | Abstract noun | ⟹ | Things that cannot be felt by the sense. | ⟹ | Peace, bravery etc. |
| 7. | Concrete noun | ⟹ | Things that can be touched or seen. | ⟹ | House, car, scooter etc. |
| 8. | Material noun | ⟹ | A material or substance out of which things are made. | ⟹ | Silver, gold, steel etc. |
| No. | Rule | Usage | |
| 1. | The following nouns do not change form in the plural, when they are used after numerals. Dozen, gross, score, hundred, thousand and million. | ⟹ | (a) Kapildev made sixty runs.
(b) He needs fifty rupees.
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| 2. | The following nouns are used in the singular form only: Advice, grain, information, poetry, scenery, offspring, machinery, hair, furniture, news means etc. | ⟹ | (a) The furniture is new.
(b) Ramila’s hair is long. |
| 3. | The following nouns are singular in form but plural in use: Cattle, cavalry, clergy, folk, vermin, people, police, public, poultry, peasantry, etc. | ⟹ | (a) The cattle are returning back.
(b) The people prefer to speak in their mother tongue. |
| 4. | The following nouns are used in the plural only: Scissors, spectacles, fetters, shackles, trousers, pantaloons, socks, shorts. | ⟹ | (a) His socks are dirty.
(b) My grand father’s spectacles are broken. |
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