Types of nouns

Types of nouns

by John Sandy

Nouns

​A noun is any name of a person, place , animal or thing. They are many types of nouns that include of collective, proper, common singular & plural and much more. In this presentation we will be fouced on the types of nouns.

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Types of Nouns ​

​collective, proper and common, and etc.

​Proper & Common Nouns

​Proper nouns are any special names of any person, animal or place while., common nouns is any ordinary name of a person, animal, place, thing or idea.

​Some examples of these types of nouns are:

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​Collective Nouns

​collective nouns are best described as a noun that presents a group of people, animal or any noun. Collective nouns are commonly found in collective phrases.

​Example of Collective Phrase

​1. a company of actors

​2. a swarm of bees

​Gender Nouns

​Their are 2 gender types , masculine and feminine or best known as male and female genders.

​Possessive Nouns

Abstract Nouns

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​Compound Nouns

​Compound Nouns

​Compound nouns are nouns that are formed with 2 nouns or smaller words. It can also, refer to the the merging of 2 smaller words. They are 3 types of these compound nouns. They include the

• Hyphened

• ​Spaced

• W/o space

​Hyphened Compound Words

​Hyphened compound words are words that are joined by a hyphen "-".

Example are;

• Six- pack

• ​son-in-law

• ​empty-handed

• ​far-flung

• ​close-up

​W/O space compound words/ nouns

​W/o space compound words are formed by joining or merging two words or more together without any space they are formed as such like this:

​House + Wife= housewife

Some examples of this type are:

• ​postcard

• ​bulldog

• ​homework

• ​lighthouse

With spaces Compound nouns

​Just like the w/o space rule you merge the two words and leave one slot space to complete the word.

​Some Example are

• ​ice cream

• ​apple tree

• ​living room

• ​root word

• ​full moon

​Research Home work

Do the following

1. ​research all the rules to form a verb to a noun.

2. create a lengthy ( more than 25 examples) of the following

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​Example

11. verb noun

12. ​produce production & product

CLASS WORK

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Multiple Choice

What is a noun.

• a noun is any name, pllace, animal place thing or idea /

• a noun is any nme of a place animal, lplace thing or idea .

• none of thses

• all of these

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