Noun

Nouns are the most basic part of English language.

All other parts of our language either describe nouns; tell what a noun is doing, or take the place of a noun.

Nouns answer the questions "What is it?" and "Who is it?" They give names to things, people and animals qualities.

Examples: dog, bicycle, man, girl, beauty, truth, world.

Nouns are words that name: Persons or animals,Things/object, Places, Ideas, Emotions or, qualities, Measurements, Action, substances.

Examples:

Question 1: How many nouns are there in the following sentence?

An old fisherman who had no luck hooked a huge fish that pulled his boat far out to sea.

Answer: Five.

1. fisherman (a person)

2. luck (a thing)

3. fish (an animal)

4. boat (a thing)

5. sea (a place)

Nouns name things we can see and touch, like boat, as well as things we cannot see or touch, like luck.

Question 2: How many nouns does the following sentence contain?

Divers fish for pearls in the Gulf of Mexico.

Answer: Three.

1. Divers (persons)

2. pearls (things)

3. Gulf of Mexico (a place)

Note that fish, which was a noun in the earlier sentence, is not one here because it does not name anything. Here, fish is a verb (a word that expresses action).

Question 3: May a noun consist of more than one word?

Answer: Yes. Gulf of Mexico is one noun. Nouns of more than one word are called compound nouns. Here are more examples of compound nouns:

living room

Atlantic Ocean

Grand Central Parkway

Mr. Applebaum

sister-in-law