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1. Nouns
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2. Nouns
They refer to persons, objects, or abstract concepts.
They are usually the main word in a sentence.
Typical endings that help you to recognize nouns are:
TION- ER - OR - ITY - MENT - NESS - ISM
Imagination - painter - actor - basement - sadness-
tourism.

3. Noun classes
Proper: Are the name of specific people, places, or occasions,
and they always begin with a capital letter.
You can classify them just in gender (male, female, no gender)
Common: is a noun referring to a person, place, or thing in a
general sense— usually you should write it with a capital letter
only when it begins a sentence.
You can classify them in number (plural, singular), gender (male,
female, no gender), material (abstract, concrete), countable,
uncountable.

4. Collective nouns: Is an special class, name groups, (things)
composed of members (usually people)
-Army -Council -Minority
-Audience -Department -Navy
-Board -Faculty -Public
-Cabinet -Family -School
-Class -Firm -Team
-Group -Troupe -Company
-Jury -Senate -Corporation
-Majority -Society -School of fish

5. Compound nouns: Is a noun that is made up of two or more
words. Most compound nouns are formed by nouns modified
by other nouns or adjectives.
Example:
The words TOOTH and PASTE are each nouns in their own
right, but if you join them together they form a new word
“TOOTHPASTE”.
Sometimes they are joined using a hyphen.
Example:
Check-in.

6. Case: Nouns have two cases, common and genitive case. The
common case is the one that is used ordinarily (ex: phone-
salt), the genitive case indicates the noun is dependent on the
noun that follows.
Example:
Jane’s reaction.
The student’s essays.

7. Verbal Nouns: They are formed from verbs. They are a type of
common noun.
Example:
I love swimming
verb verbal noun
Lateral thinking is required to solve this problem.
verbal noun verb

8. Example of classification
After the long exam, the class start their research papers on
famous mathematicians.
Exam: (N) common, singular, countable, concrete, no gender,
CC.
Class: (N) common, singular, countable, concrete, no gender,
CC, collective.
Papers: (N) common, plural, countable, concrete, no gender,
CC.
Mathematicians: (N) common, plural, countable, concrete, no
gender, CC.