Material And Collective Nouns

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00:00Hi kids, today we will learn about more types of nouns, so let's start.

00:11We learned that nouns are the naming words, and nouns can be of many types.

00:19Common nouns, proper nouns, collective nouns, material nouns, and abstract nouns.

00:28We have already learned about common and proper nouns in the previous section.

00:34Now we will learn about the other three types of nouns in this section.

00:41Let's start with collective nouns.

00:45Collective noun is a naming word that represents a group of animals, things, or persons.

00:53Let's learn with some examples.

00:56Uncle John has a herd of cows.

01:00In this sentence, the word herd refers to a group of cows.

01:06So herd represents not a single thing, but a group of things.

01:11So it's a collective noun.

01:17The dog gave birth to a litter of puppies.

01:21Here, the word litter refers to a group of puppies, that is, more than one puppy.

01:30So the word litter is a collective noun.

01:33So such words as herd or litter, which represent a group or collection of the same kind of

01:41persons, animals, or things, are called collective nouns.

01:48Let us look at some more examples of collective nouns.

01:53Look, there is a flock of sheep means there is a group of sheep.

02:01A huge crowd has gathered in the stadium.

02:04Here, crowd means many people.

02:08So it's a collective noun.

02:11Please give me a set of tools.

02:14Here, set means more than one tool.

02:18So it's a collective noun.

02:21There is a fleet of ships in the sea.

02:25Fleet means many ships or a group of ships.

02:30So fleet and collective noun.

02:34So the words like flock, crowd, set, and fleet are all collective nouns as they represent

02:43a collection of things, animals, or persons.

02:48Now let's see some more collective nouns.

02:52An army of soldiers.

02:55When there are many soldiers, we call them an army.

02:59A team of players.

03:02A bundle of sticks.

03:05A heap of stones.

03:08So the words army represents many soldiers, team, many players, bundle, many sticks, heap,

03:18many stones.

03:21All these represent a collection of something.

03:24So they are called collective nouns.

03:28A bunch of grapes.

03:30A bunch of keys.

03:33A class of pupils.

03:35So these are some more examples of collective nouns.

03:40So we have learned many collective nouns.

03:44Now let us learn what are material nouns.

03:49A material noun is a naming word or noun for a material rather than a thing.

03:56For example, this is a t-shirt, but what is it made up of?

04:03It is made up of cotton.

04:06So cotton is a material noun as it represents a material and not a particular thing.

04:15This is a chair.

04:18So which material is it made up of?

04:23It is made up of wood.

04:25So wood is a material noun as it represents a material that can be used for making many

04:33types of things.

04:35This is another chair.

04:38Which material is it made up of?

04:42It is made up of steel.

04:45Here steel is a material as it can be used to make many types of things.

04:53Material nouns are uncountable.

04:56That is, we cannot count them as they represent materials and not things.

05:03Now let's see some examples of material nouns.

05:07Cloth, wood, iron, steel, copper, gold, silver, diamond, lead, paper, cement, paint, plywood.

05:23All these are material nouns.

05:29Cotton dresses are very comfortable to be worn in summer season.

05:34We have to find out the material noun in this sentence.

05:38The word cotton refers to the material dresses are made up of.

05:45So it is a material noun.

05:48My dad always wears a gold chain.

05:52So which word is a material noun in this sentence?

05:56It is gold as it represents the type of material used to make the chain.

06:03So it's a material noun.

06:07Our teeth are made up of calcium.

06:10So which word is a material noun here?

06:14Calcium, as calcium is the material our teeth are made up of.

06:21These bowls are made up of plastic.

06:25So here the material noun is plastic as these bowls are made up of plastic.

06:33Cooking utensils are mostly made up of iron or steel.

06:38So the material nouns here are iron and steel.

06:45I like satin dresses.

06:49Here the material noun is satin.

06:52So kids we have learned about collective nouns and material nouns.

06:59We will learn about abstract nouns in the next section.

07:03Now you may go ahead and take a quiz to learn more.

07:07Bye-bye.

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