What is a common noun?
A common noun is a generic name of a person, place, or thing. Unlike Proper nouns, common nouns do not start with a capital letter unless they begin a sentence.
Example: boy, girl, town, city, country, river, lakes, restaurant, mother, father, friend, planet, etc.
Note: "Mumbai" is a Proper noun but the "city" is a common noun.
Read more: What is a Proper noun?
FAQs
Que: Is "boy" a common noun?
Ans: Yes, Any generic name of a person like a boy, girl, man, woman, etc is a common noun.
Que: What are 10 common nouns?
Ans: Below are the examples of common nouns:
- People: man, woman, boy, girl, father, mother, student, teacher, child, kid, etc.
- Animal: lion, tiger, cat, bird.
- Places: city, country, town, district, etc.
- Ideas: love, hate, respect, pride, etc.
- Things: book, pencil, table, chair, etc.
- a restaurant
- a river, a lake
- school, college, university.
- movie, web show.
- month, year, day, week.
Que: Is "love" a common noun?
Ans: Yes. The emotions like love, hate, pride, etc are examples of common nouns.
Que: What are 8 kinds of nouns?
Ans: There are different types of nouns:
- Proper nouns
- Common nouns
- Countable nouns
- Non-countable nouns
- Abstract nouns
- Concrete nouns
- Compound nouns
- Collective nouns
Que: What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?
Ans: Common noun is a generic name of a person, place, or thing whereas a proper noun is a specific name of person, place, thing.
Example:
- "city" is the common noun but "Mumbai" is a proper noun.
- "boy" is the common noun but "Ramesh" is a proper noun.
- "school" is a common noun but "Delhi Public School" is a proper noun.
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