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      Nouns (Common and Proper)

      Look carefully at the following two lists of Nouns.

      List 1

      List 2

      boy

      Ashok

      ice cream

      Amul

      car

      Ford

      river

      Ganga

      country

      India

      school

      Amity International



      The nouns in list (1) are the general or generic name of person, place, animal and things. They are called Common nouns.

      Example: ‘boy’ can mean Ashok, Ravi, Jimmy or any other boy.

       

      The nouns in list (2) are the special names of person, place, animal and things. They begin with a Capital Letter. They are called Proper nouns.

       

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