Nouns (Naming Words)

Read the following sentences:

The boy is laughing.

I have a brown cat.

They live in Australia.

He has a toy car.

The word boy is the name of a person.

The word cat is the name of an animal.

The word Australia is the name of a place.

The word toy car is the name of a thing.

Words which are used as names of persons, animals, places, or things are called Nouns. Everything we can see or talk about is represented by a word that names it. That "naming" word is called a Noun. All naming words are Nouns.

Examples of Nouns

People: soldier, sister, teacher, aunt, cousin, lawyer etc.

Animals: squirrel, rat, lizard, tiger, lion, camel, zebra etc.

Places: house, London, park, beach, office, factory, shelter etc.

Things: table, book, pen, pizza, book, flower, ring etc.

In the following sentences underlined words are Nouns.

1. Look, the bus is coming.

2. I gave flowers to the teacher.

3. Ashok is a brave boy.

4. The girl is playing with her doll.

5. He saw a monkey up a tree.