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Nouns

A noun is a word that functions as the name of some specific thing or set of things, such as living creatures, objects, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, or ideas.

Compound nouns

Compound nouns are words where two nouns have been stuck together to make a new noun. Compound nouns should be written as one word, without a hyphen.

Candlestick

Generic nouns

Generic nouns are nouns that are part of a generic statement. Generic nouns can be singular or plural. The opposite of generic nouns is collective nouns.

The difference between definite/indefinite and generic nouns is that in the sentence there must be a blanket statement or question.

My book fell in a puddle when I got off the bus.

Cat are animals.

Proper nouns

Proper nouns are the names of specific people or places. They should always begin with a capital letter.

The committee adopts this decision with a solid vote.

Paris

Mary

Concrete nouns

A concrete noun is a noun that can be identified through one of the five senses (taste, touch, sight, hearing, smell).

But some pedestrians press the button with a conditional intention to cross the street before the crossing light changes if there is a break in the traffic.

Rainbow

Possesive nouns

Possessive nouns are nouns which possess something, normally another noun.

Theirs has got a red front door.

The cat's toy

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Countable/Uncountable nouns

Countable nouns are nouns that can be counted, even if the number might be extraordinarily high.

Uncountable nouns are nouns that come in a state or quantity which is impossible to count; liquids are uncountable, as are things which act
like liquids.

Uncountable: Rain

Countable: Cat - Cats

Common nouns

Common nouns are words for people, places or things that aren’t specific (as opposed to a proper noun which refers to only one person, place or thing).

Common nouns can be countable or uncountable, singular or plural.

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Country

Girl

Collective nouns

A noun which refers to a group of things/people.

The staff are thinking of leaving their jobs

Family

Class

Abstract nouns

A noun which cannot be identified by using one of the five senses (taste, touch, sight, hearing, smell).

I love my husband

Anger

Irregular nouns

Irregular nouns are nouns which don’t follow a spelling pattern when pluralized.

I've caught many different fishes.

Person - People