Nouns – Naming Words
- Look at the following words:
Apple, airplane, bat, ball, butter, bread, balloon, bus, banana, bag, car, cat, crow, cow, cap, chair, chocolate, doll, dog, donkey, egg, elephant, fan, fish, flower, goat, grass, gun, hen, helicopter, ice-cream, ink, jam, jug, kite, kangaroo, lion, lamp, monkey, mango, orange, owl, parrot, peacock, park, queen, rat, shoes, school, ship, tap, tiger, umbrella, van, watch, zoo, mummy, papa, uncle, aunt, Mary, John, etc.
- All these words are names of something, somebody or someplace.
- Names are usually the first words which small children learn.
- These naming-words are called Nouns.
- Read the following sentences carefully:
- James is a good boy.
- The cat ran after the rat.
- India is in Asia.
- The book is on the table.
- The words James and boy are the names of persons.
- The words cat and rat are the names of animals.
- The word India and Asia are the names of places.
- The words book and table are the names of things.
- Words which are used as the names of persons, animals or birds, places or things are called Nouns.