Short quiz

What are nouns?

• refer to persons, animals, places, things, ideas, or events.

• refers only to a single person.

• refer to any country, nothing in particular.

• is a word for something that cannot be seen but is there.

Examples of singular nouns

Examples of abstracts nouns​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (a)  

• cat

  mouse

  tree

• Germany

  September

  Mercedes

• heart attack

  mother-in-law

  ex-president

• truth

  lies

  happiness

What are plural nouns?

What is a collective noun?

• Sometimes two or three nouns appear together.

• is a name which refers only to a single person, place, or thing.

• names one person, place or thing.

• is a word for a group of things, people, or animals, etc.

A concrete noun refers to the

What are compound nouns?

• a noun that describes a type of person, thing, or place or that names a concept

• a noun made up of two or more words functioning as a single unit.

• names a specific person, place, or thing.

• names something you can see, touch, taste, hear or smell.

Examples of common nouns

• meals

  boxes

  men

• family

  team

  jury

• tea

  drink

  cat

• Russian

  Pepsi-Cola

  Google

A proper noun names

• are not capitalized.

• can be both plural and singular.

• a specific person, place, or thing.

• are formed by adding "s" or "es' to their singular forms.