Types of Nouns

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Basically, there are eight main types of nouns. Look at the following list of types of nouns.

A common noun refers to people, animals, places or things in general.

Examples of common nouns:

• dog
• flower
• door
• bus
• baby
• girl
• mother
• father
• nurse
• brother
• town

Also, common nouns can be ‘singular nouns’ or ‘plural nouns’.

A common noun that refers to only one person, animal, place or thing is called a ‘singular noun’.

A common noun that refers to more than one person, animal, place or thing is called a ‘plural noun’.

Look at the following list of singular and plural forms of common nouns.

A proper noun identifies a specific person, place or thing, which are names. A proper noun usually begins with a ‘capital letter’. Usually, a proper noun doesn’t have a singular or plural form.

Examples of proper nouns:

• Jennifer
• Peter
• Australia
• October
• Surrey
• Wednesday
• Samsung
• Louis Vuitton
• Victoria

A concrete noun refers to a person, animal or thing, which can be physically seen, touched, smelled, heard or tasted. A concrete noun also has a singular and a plural form.

Examples of concrete nouns:

An abstract noun refers to emotions, feelings, ideas, qualities or characteristics, which cannot be physically seen, touched, smelled, heard or tasted. Some abstract nouns have a plural form too.

Examples of abstract nouns:

• intelligence
• ambition
• belief
• courage
• faith
• enthusiasm
• determination
• forgiveness
• honesty
• inspiration
• humor
• joy
• kindness
• patience

Some abstract nouns have a plural form too. Look at the following singular and plural forms of abstract nouns.

A compound noun is a combination of two or more words which join together to make a single noun.

Examples of compound nouns:

A compound noun can be made up of joining;

Example: bedroom

‘bed’ is a noun.

‘room’ is also a noun.

We can join these two nouns ‘bed’ and ‘room’ together and make the single noun ‘bedroom’.

Example: blackboard

‘black’ is an adjective.

‘board’ is a noun.

We can join this adjective ‘black’ and the noun ‘board’ together and make the single noun ‘blackboard’.

Example: washing machine

‘washing’ is a verb.

‘machine’ is a noun.

We can join this verb ‘washing’ and the noun ‘machine’ together and make the compound noun ‘washing machine’.

Example: bystander

‘by’ is a preposition.

‘stander’ is a noun.

We can join this preposition ‘by’ and the noun ‘stander’ together and make the single noun ‘bystander’.

Example: snowfall

‘snow’ is a noun.

‘fall’ is a verb.

We can join the noun ‘snow’ and the verb ‘fall’ together and make the single noun ‘snowfall’.

Example: passer-by

‘passer’ is a noun.

‘by’ is a preposition.

We can join the noun ‘passer’ and the preposition ‘by’ together and make the compound noun ‘passer-by’.

Example: takeoff

‘take’ is a verb.

‘off’ is a preposition.

We can join the verb ‘take’ and the preposition ‘off’ together and make the compound noun ‘takeoff’.

Example: whitewash

‘white’ is an adjective.

‘wash’ is a verb.

We can join the adjective ‘white’ and the verb ‘wash’ and make the compound noun ‘whitewash’.

A compound noun can also have a plural form. Look at the following singular and plural forms of compound nouns.

A collective noun refers to a group of people, animals or things. A collective noun may also have a singular and plural form.

Examples of collective nouns:

A countable noun refers to things which can be counted. Also, a countable noun has a singular and a plural form.

Examples of countable nouns:

An uncountable noun refers to things that cannot be counted. For example; we cannot count ‘water’. Instead, we can count ‘glasses of water’.

Examples of uncountable nouns:

• flour
• honey
• water
• sugar
• electricity
• gas
• power
• furniture
• news
• information
• help

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