Lecture-02: The Noun: Formation and Classification

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Suffix ‡`‡L †hfv‡e Noun †Pbv hvq:

Noun Gi †k‡l _v‡K: tion, sion, hood, ship, ness, ment, ce, cy, ch, th, or, er, ur, ure,
ist, ism, age, dom, ty, ity, tude
tion: Action, Affection, Caption, Collection, Election, Selection, Relation, Promotion, Demotion, Situation
sion: Admission, Revision, Session, Vision, Mission, Tension, Confusion, Inversion, Conversion, Comprehension
hood: Boyhood, Girlhood, Childhood, Brotherhood, Adulthood, Falsehood ship: Leadership, Dealership,
Ownership, Friendship, Relationship, Internship ness: Kindness, Happiness, Sadness, Darkness, Illness, Fairness,
Fitness, Sharpness ment: Agreement, Achievement, Judgement, Punishment ce: Absence, Balance, Clearance,
Conference, Difference, Distance cy: Agency, Currency, Emergency, Frequency, policy, Privacy, Vacancy
ch: Batch, Match, Dutch, Lunch, Branch th: Health, Wealth, Length, Strength, Growth, Smooth, Youth, Death
or: Actor, Advisor, Professor, Auditor, Coordinator, Moderator er: Teacher, Writer, Manager, Lawyer, Publisher
ur: Behaviour, Neighbour, Labour, Parlour, Glamour, Honour ure: Nature, Picture, Furniture, Lecture, Future,
Literature Signature Temperature ist: Artist, Chemist, Dentist, Typist, Tourist ism: Patriotism, Tourism, Criticism,
Heroism, Romanticism age: Advantage, Bondage, Shortage, Heritage, Knowledge dom: Freedom, Kingdom,
Wisdom, Boredom ty: Beauty, Poverty, Frailty, Honesty ity: Charity, Responsibility, Opportunity, Similarity
tude: Attitude, Altitude, Aptitude, Gratitude, Habitude, Fortitude, Multitude, Magnitude, Solitude, Servitude

N.B: Noun Gi †k‡l mvaviYZ ‘al’ _v‡Kbv wKš‘ wKQz noun Gi †k‡l ‘al’ _v‡K hv AwaKvskB verb †_‡K DrcwË|
1. Acquittal (Acquit) 7. Deferral (Defer) 13. Referral (Refer) 19. Proposal (Propose)
2. Approval (Approve) 8. Denial (Deny) 14. Renewal (Renew) 20. Refusal (Refuse)
3. Arrival (Arrive) 9. Dismissal (Dismiss) 15. Submittal (Submit) 21. Removal (Remove)
4. Betrayal (Betray) 10. Disposal (Dispose) 16. Signal (Sign) 22. Survival (Survive)
5. Burial (Bury) 11. Rebuttal (Rebut) 17. Transmittal (Transmit) 23. Festival
6. Committal (Commit) 12. Recital (Recite) 18. Trial (Try) 24. Material

cÖ`Ë word-Gi noun †KvbwU?

1. Break - Breakage/Breach 9. Extreme - Extremity/Extremeness 17. Resist - Resistance (37th w)
2. Brief - Brevity 10. Essential - Essentiality (37th w) 18. Retard - Retardation
3. Beautiful - Beauty (11th , 27th) 11. Fly - Flight 19. See - Sight
4. Compel - Compulsion 12. Grand - Grandeur 20. Stupid - Stupidity
5. Do - Deed/Doer 13. Hate - Hatred/Hater 21. Transcend - Transcendence
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6. Defer - Deferment 14. Know - Knowledge (41 ) 22. Vary - Variation/Variety
7. Depart - Departure 15. Master - Master/Mastery (35th) 23. Viable - Viability (35th w)
8. Example - Exemplification 16. Poor - Poverty 24. Waste - Wastage
 Important Uncountable Noun

Advice, Accommodation, Advertising Ink, Income, Information News, Knowledge, Vocabulary

Bread, Business, Baggage, Luggage Juice, Jewellery, Jealousy Poetry, Poverty, Progress

Ethics, Equipment, Expenditure Land, Leather, Laughter Soap, Sugar, Scenery (24th)

Fun, Furniture, Film Mail, Measles, Mankind Time, Traffic, Travel

Hair, Homework, Happiness Money, Music, Machinery (24th) Work, Wind, Weather

Air, Alphabet, Atmosphere, Beef, Beauty, Beer, Blood, Billiards, Butter, Cheese, Chess, Chalk, Cake, Coffee,

Clothing, Cotton, Corn, Cookery, Damage, Danger, Dignity, Food, Fire, Fuel, Garbage, Gallows, Garlic, Hope,

Honey, Harm, Hardware, Software, Iron, Ice-cream, Inflation, Kindness, Karate, Lightning, Literature, Milk,

Magic, Meat, Nature, Nutrition, Power, Publicity, Population, Rice, Research, Room (space), Slang, Stone,

Sunlight, Tea, Toast, Tolerance, Trade, Transportation, Thunder, Violence, Vinegar, Wheat, Wealth, Wildlife

Characteristics of Uncountable Noun:

1. Giv me©`v singular verb MÖnY K‡i| 3. G‡`i c~‡e© ‘a’/ ‘an’ article Ges ‡Kvb msL¨v e‡mbv|

2. G‡`i mv‡_ s/es hy³ nqbv| 4. G‡`i c~‡e© few/many e‡mbv (wKšÍ little/much e‡m)|

Practice:

1. His hair is/are falling. 8. How much mangoes are there? (Cor:/Inc:)

2. I need some furniture/furnitures. 9. How many luggages are there? (Cor:/Inc:)

3. He gave me some good advice/advices. 10. I still have a few/a little money. (38th)

4. We have a lot of work/works to do in our country. 11. There is many/much vocabulary in the book.

5. I need a work. (Cor:/Inc:) 12. He has few/little knowledge in English.

6. Give me two soaps. (Cor:/Inc:) 13. There are hair/hairs/2 hair/2 hairs in his plate.

7. I love a music of Tahsan. (Cor:/Inc:) 14. Kazi Nazrul’s work/works is/are known to all.

Uncountable Noun ‡K †hfv‡e Countable Kiv hvq:

1. A piece of information / Two pieces of information 6. A clap of thunder / Two claps of thunder
2. A loaf of bread / Two loaves of bread 7. A gust of wind / Two gusts of wind
3. A slice of cake / Two slices of cake 8. A spoon of sugar / Two spoons of sugar
4. A bar of soap / Two bars of soap 9. An ear of wheat / Two ears of wheat
5. A bolt of lightning / Two bolts of lightning 10. One item of clothing / Two items of clothing
wKQz Uncountable Noun Gi weKí Countable Noun i‡q‡Q:
1. Advice - Tip/Suggestion 14. Money - Note/Coin/Dollar/Pound/Rupee
2. Accommodation - House/Place 15. Music- Song
3. Advertising - Advertisement 16. Poetry - Poem
4. Baggage - Bag/Suitcase 17. Population - People
5. Equipment - Tool 18. Publicity - Advertisement
6. Furniture - Chair/Table 19. Research - Experiment
7. Fun - Joke 20. Scenery - View/Scene/Sight
8. Film - Movie 21. Traffic - Vehicle/Traffic Jam
9. Information - Fact/Report/Data 22. Transportation - Bus/Train
10. Jewellery - Ornament 23. Travel - Tour/Journey
11. Laughter - Laugh 24. Vocabulary - Word
12. Machinery - Machine/Device/Engine 25. Weather - Climate
13. Mail - Email/Text/Message 26. Work - Job

Classification of Noun
Proper Noun: 1. K¨vwcUvj †jUvi| 2. AwØZxq| Ex: Sakib, Sara, Dhaka, The Meghna, The Tajmahal
Common Noun: 1. mvaviY bvg eySvq| 2. MYbv Kiv hvq| Ex: boy, girl (10th), city, river, chair, table, book
Collective Noun: Common noun-Gi mgwóMZ `j/MÖæc‡K eySvq| Ex: army, team, library, class, committee, club
Material Noun: cwigvY ev IRb Ki‡Z nq| Ex: water, wood, iron, mutton (38th), beef, gold
Abstract Noun: evwn¨K Aw¯ÍZ¡ †bB (Bw›`ªqMÖvn¨ bq)| Ex: honesty, beauty, happiness, victory, justice

** Material to Common Noun: Material Noun ‡_‡K Drcbœ †h‡Kvb `ªe¨vw`-B Common Noun
Gold > ring/necklace/bracelet Wood > chair/table/door Paper > book/envelope/newspaper/bag
Milk > butter/curd/cheese Rice > bread/biscuit/cake Iron > hammer/axe/knife/arm/door/steel

Important Abstract Noun

Agency, Infancy, Mercy, Honesty, Humility, Charity, Poverty, Beauty, Happiness, Kindness, Goodness,
Goodwill, Childhood, Friendship, Kingship, Freedom, Wisdom, Bravery, Beggary, Slavery, Roguery, Victory,
Length, Strength, Height, Death, Youth, Truth, Theft, Discipline, Justice, Judgment, Heroism, Patriotism,
Passion, Love, Hatred

Important Collective Noun

Army, Audience, Bunch, Board, Class, Club, Committee, Council, Crew, Crowd, Cast, Covey, Cluster, Choir,
Elite, Flock, Fleet, Family, Group, Gang, Gaggle, Herd, Heap, Infantry, Jury, Library, Livestock, Mass,
Majority, Minority, Mob, Navy, Nation, Orchestra, Organization, Parliament, Pair, Pack, Platoon, Panel, School,
Shoal, Swarm, Stack, Staff, Team, Tenantry, Troop, Troupe, Tribe, Tower
[Aristocracy, Artillery, Cattle (10th), Clergy, Folk, Gentry, Poultry, Nobility, People, Public, Police,
Personnel, Peasantry, Perfumery, Vermin cÖf…wZ Collective noun me©`v Plural verb MÖnY K‡i]
1. The cattle is/are grazing in the field. (wKšÍ A herd of cattle is/are grazing in the field.)
2. The police was/were informed of the matter. (12th) (wKšÍ A police officer was/were informed of the matter.)

Collective Noun of Multitude

†Kvb Noun `je× n‡q Singular verb/Singular pronoun ‡K MÖnY Ki‡j Zv‡K Collective Noun e‡j|
†Kvb Noun wef³ n‡q Plural verb/Plural pronoun ‡K MÖnY Ki‡j Zv‡K Collective Noun of Multitude e‡j|
1. The jury has given its opinion. 5. My family is/are going out.
2. The jury were divided in their opinions. 6. My family is/are dressing to go out.
3. The club helps us its own fund. 7. The Jury is/are making a decision.
4. The club have cast their votes. 8. The Jury is/are arguing among themselves.

Note-01: ‡h‡Kvb Noun Gi c~‡e© Article/msL¨v em‡j Zv Common Noun nq|

(Collective Noun-Gi c~‡e© Article em‡j Zv Collective Noun-B _v‡K wKšÍ s/es hy³ ‡h†Kvb Noun-B Common Noun nq)

e¨wZµg: Proper Noun Gi c~‡e© mvaviYZ the e‡mbv wKšÍ b`x, mvMi, RvnvR, giæfzwg, ce©Zgvjv, ØxccyÄ msev`cÎ, ag©MÖš’, weL¨vZ
AUªvwjKv cÖf…wZi c~‡e© the e‡m Ges Zv Proper noun-B _v‡K| ‡hgb- The Titanic sank in 1912.

1. Nazrul is the Byron of Bangladesh. 5. The armies are patriot. 9. Two groups of boys.

2. Our committee consists of 20 public. 6. The Padma is a nice river. 10. She is a beauty.

3. She is a justice of High Court. 7. A Sumon is coming to me. 11. He bought an iron.

4. He joined the army. 8. A group of boys. 12. He was put in irons.

Note-02: wKQz Noun-Gi mv‡_ 'S’ mv‡_ †hvM Ki‡j A_© cwieZ©b n‡q Zv Common Noun n‡q hvq|
1. Arm (evû) - Arms (A¯¿) 9. Custom (cÖ_v) - Customs (ïé)
2. Water (Rj) - Waters (Rjvkq/mgy`ª) 10. Corn (km¨) - Corns (cv‡qi wkKj)
3. Work (KvR) - Works (mvwnZ¨Kg©) 11. Food (Lv`¨) - Foods (Lv`¨ ZvwjKv)
4. Wood (KvV) - Woods (eb-R½j) 12. Tin (`¯Ív avZz/wRsK) - Tins (wU‡bi †KŠUv)
5. Sand (evwj) - Sands (giæfzwg) 13. Colour (is) - Colours (cZvKv)
6. Gold (¯^Y©) - Golds (¯^Y©gy`ªv) 14. Good (fv‡jv) - Goods (cY¨)
7. Paper (KvMR) - Papers (`wjjcÎ) 15. Manner (c×wZ) - Manners (AvPiY)
8. Iron (‡jvnv) - Irons (‡RjLvbv) 16. Return (wd‡i Avmv) - Returns (weeiYx)

Note-03: Abstract Noun Gi e¨wZµg: ‘The+Noun’ common noun Gi A_© bv w`‡j H noun-wU Abstract Noun nq|
1. We found the tiger in the boy. 3. Do not show the child in you.
2. All the mother rose in her. 4. Learning can arouse the man in him.