Basic English Grammar -- Noun | English speaking | Spoken English Video Lecture - Class 10

basic English grammar the fun and easy
way to improve your verbal skills
now what is a noun a noun is a word used
as a name of a person place animal or
thing
now let's find out some nouns in this
classroom in this classroom Sonya Ramesh
chair board and pen are all nouns
your name is Rita are you a noun no you
are not a noun
your name Rita is a noun now let's try
out with some examples
Akbar was a great king in this sentence
Akbar and King are both nouns
the Sun shines bright in the sentence
Sun is a noun
Mumbai is a crowded city here Mumbai and
city are both nouns
nouns are of various kinds some of them
are common noun proper noun and pronoun
common noun a common noun is a name
given in common to every person or thing
of the same class or kind
for example Penn's teachers
animals girls and boys
girls are playing in the garden boys are
playing cricket in these sentences girls
and boys are both common nouns my laptop
my mobile phone here laptop and mobile
phone are common nouns
my handbag my motorbike handbag and
motorbike are both common nouns
proper noun a proper noun is a name of a
particular person or a place
Shawn is my best friend Shawn identifies
a name of a particular person han-shan
is a proper noun
Delhi is the capital of my country Delhi
Mumbai New York are the names of
particular cities hence they are all
proper nouns
let us now see what is a pronoun we may
say Sheila is a good girl Sheila is a
hard-working girl Sheila is good L
studies here Sheila a proper noun is
used trice we can avoid repetition of a
noun and instead use a pronoun Sheila is
a good girl she is a hard-working girl
she is good at studies in the second and
third sentences Sheila a proper noun is
replaced by a pronoun hence a word that
is used instead of a noun is called a
pronoun
he she it they I we you his her are some
of the pronouns now let's make some
sentences using pronouns
my name is Thomas I am playing cricket
Ramesh have you done your homework
chango's to office he goes by bus
we went to Goa last week
rina has a ball she is playing
Geeta's parents stay in Australia they
are coming for a vacation
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