Nouns

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Nouns

a word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things.

Types of Nouns

• Common Nouns

• Proper Nouns

• Concrete Nouns

• Abstract Nouns

• Collective Nouns

• Mass Nouns or Count Nouns

Common Nouns

A common noun is a noun that refers to people or things in general.

Ex: boy, country, bridge, city, birth, day, happiness.

Proper Nouns

A proper noun is a name that identifies a particular person, place, or thing.

Ex: Steven, Africa, London, Monday. 

In written English, proper nouns begin with capital letters.

Concrete Nouns

A concrete noun is a noun which refers to people and to things that exist physically and can be seen, touched, smelled, heard, or tasted. 

Examples include dog, building, coffee, tree, rain, beach, tune.

Abstract Nouns

An abstract noun is a noun which refers to ideas, qualities, and conditions - things that cannot be seen or touched and things which have no physical reality. 

Ex: truth, danger, happiness, time, friendship, humour.

Collective Nouns

Collective nouns refer to groups of people or things. 

Ex: audience, family, government, team, jury.

Count or Mass Nouns

Nouns can be either countable or uncountable. 

Countable nouns (or count nouns) are those that refer to something that can be counted.  Ex: Pens

Uncountable nouns (or mass nouns) do not typically refer to things that can be counted and so they do not regularly have a plural form. Ex: Salt, Hair