24. Proper and Common Nouns
Proper Nouns
Jamie, June, Mr. Kim
England, United
Kingdom, YouTube,
Oreos, Earth, Monday
25. Proper and Common Nouns
Proper Nouns
Identified by a capital letter
Name of an individual person. E.g.:
Jamie, Johnny, June
Names of places. E.g.: Manchester,
England, United Kingdom
Names of companies or organisations.
E.g.: YouTube, Greenpeace, Microsoft
26. Proper and Common Nouns
Common Nouns
Common noun: I want to be a
writer.
Proper noun: Agatha Christie
wrote many books.
27. Proper and Common Nouns
Common Nouns
Common noun: My teacher
starts work before sunup.
Proper noun: Mr. Bell seems
to understand what students
need.
28. Proper and Common Nouns
Common Nouns
Common nouns are words used to
name general items rather than specific
ones.
Written in small letters.
People: lawyer, doctor, teacher, nurse,
politician, football player.
Objects: car, newspaper, boat, potato
chip, shoe, house, table, sword.
31. Abstract and Concrete Nouns
Abstract Nouns
These are things that can’t be
experienced with the five senses.
Usually an idea, emotion,
quality or a state.
E.g.: Happiness, luck,
retirement, childhood.
32. Abstract and Concrete Nouns
Concrete Nouns
Concrete nouns cover everything
that can be experienced with the
five senses.
Five senses: see, smell, hear, taste
and touch.
E.g.: pen, laptop, water bottle,
music, noise.
34. Collective Nouns
Collective nouns are used to
show a group of nouns.
E.g.: a herd of cows, a stack
of wood, a committee for
discipline, a flock of birds, an
army of ants, a bouquet of
flowers
35. Kinds of Nouns
Abstract Nouns
E.g.: My childhood
was great.
Common
E.g.: My laptop is brand
new.
Concrete Nouns
E.g.: That is my
favourite childhood
dress.
Proper Nouns
E.g.: My laptop was
made by Lenovo.
Collective Nouns
E.g.: The class was working
hard.
