NOUNS

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Nouns ?
Can you define it?

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NOUN CAN BE DEFINE AS:

A noun is a part of speech
A naming word which denotes a person, animal, place, thing, or
idea.

TYPES OF
NOUNS
There are

Common
nouns

Proper
nouns

Countable
nouns

Uncountable
nouns

Abstract
nouns

Concrete
nouns

Collective
nouns

Compound
nouns

Gerunds

9 types in general

COMMON NOUNS
Common Nouns are any person, place, or thing.
Common nouns are not capitalized.
Eg:
The city
A policeman
That newspaper

PROPER NOUNS
Common Nouns are the name of a special person,
place, or thing.
Proper nouns are capitalized.
Eg:
Dallas
Officer Hernry
The Sun

COUNTABLE NOUNS
Countable nouns are individual people, animals, places, things, or ideas
which can be counted.
Anything that can be counted, whether singular a dog, a house, a friend,
etc.
Or plural a few books, lots of oranges, etc. is a countable noun
Eg:

UNCOUNTABLE/ MASS NOUNS

Uncountable nouns are not individual objects, so they cannot be counted.
Anything that cannot be counted is an uncountable noun.
Even though uncountable nouns are not individual objects, they are
always singular.

ABSTRACT NOUNS
Referring to ideas, concepts, emotions, and other things
you cant physically interact with.
You cant see, taste, touch, smell, or hear something
named with an abstract noun.
Eg:
Success
Love
Determined

CONCRETE NOUNS
Concrete nouns are words used for actual things you can touch,
see, taste, feel, and hear things you interact with every day.
Concrete nouns can also be countable, uncountable, common,
proper, and collective nouns.
Eg:
Oranges
Buildings
Books

COLLECTIVE NOUNS
A collective noun is a word that refers to a group.
It can be either singular or plural, but is usually used in the singular.

Eg:
Our team is enjoying an unbroken winning streak.
Theres a pack of hyenas outside.
Watch out for that swarm of bees.
You havent lived until youve seen a herd of wild horses.
Our class graduates two years from now.

COMPOUND NOUNS
Nouns made up of two or more words.
Some compound nouns are hyphenated, some are not, and
some combine their words to form a single word.

Eg:

Mother- in- law

Board of members
Bedroom
Toothpaste
Paper-clip

GERUNDS
Gerunds are formed from verbs.
They end -ing. They are a type of common noun.
Eg:
I love baking.
(baking the name of an activity; it is formed from the verb to
bake.)
Thinking is required to solve this problem.
(thinking the name of an activity; it is formed from the verb to
think.)