Nouns are the names of people, places, animals and things
Nouns can grouped as Common Nouns and Proper Nouns.
Examples :
• Ali is singing.
• The dog is mad.
• I live in Kuala Lumpur.
• The pen is broken.
In the above sentences, the word “Ali” is the name of the person, “dog” is the name of an animal, “Kuala Lumpur” is the name of a place and “pen” is the name of a thing.
Examples :
• Karim is idle.
• Ida is clever.
• Where is Bryan?
• Ipoh is in Malaysia.
• The rose is red.
• The book is on the desk.
• The camel is found in Africa.
• Ants are always busy.
• Rabbits have short tails.
• Children should obey their parents.
In the above sentences, each word in bold is the name of something
(of a person, animal, place or thing).