Noun

A name of person, animal, place, thing, an idea or an action.

Types of Noun

There are 7 types of Nouns used in English language.

1. Proper Noun

2. Common Noun

3. Collective Noun

4. Abstract Noun

5. Material Noun

6. Countable Noun

7. Uncountable Noun

Let's have a look Proper Noun.

1. Proper Noun:

A proper noun is a specific name of a person, place, or thing.

Point to be noted - A proper noun is always capitalized.

Example -

Mayuri, Mango, Tomato, India, Ganga, Mount Everest etc...

So, these are the specific name of a person, place, or thing right?

It might be tricky to understand that what is Proper Noun and what is Common Noun. But I will differentiate it. So you can get the point clear.

2. Common Noun:

A Common Noun is generic name of an item in a class or group.

Point to be noted – A Common Noun is not capitalized unless appearing at the beginning of a sentence or in a title.

Example – girl, fruit, vegetable, country, river, mountain etc…

So, these are the generic name of an item in a class or group right?

Differentiate Between Proper Noun and Common Noun

Now we will understand the difference between Proper Noun and Common Noun.

So basically Proper noun is a specific part of Common Noun. Did you see? Let’s take an example to understand more clearly. Mango is a specific name of fruit right? There are so many fruits so here fruits will be a group i.e. Common Noun and Mango is a specific name of a fruit that’s why Mango is a Proper Noun.

Likewise Tomato is a specific name of vegetable. So here vegetable will be a group i.e. Common Noun and Tomato is a specific name of a vegetable that’s why Tomato is a Proper Noun.

Same as,

Common Noun	Proper Noun
Country	India
Mountain	Mount Everest
River	Ganga
Freedom fighter	Gandhiji
Car	Audi
Singer	Justin
Drink	Coca – Cola
State	Gujarat
Month	February
Day	Tuesday
Ocean	Atlantic
Language	English
Chocolate	Snickers