3. Common Nouns
name people, places or things
that are not specific.
Examples
man, mountain, state, ocean,
country, building, cat,
airline
4. Proper Nouns
name specific people, places, or
things.
Examples
Walt Disney, Mount
Kilimanjaro, Minnesota, Atlanti
c Ocean, Australia, Empire
State Building, Fluffy, Sun
Country
5. Abstract Nouns
name nouns that you can't
perceive with your five sense.
Examples
love, wealth, happiness, pride, fea
r, religion, belief, history, commu
nication
6. Concrete Nouns
name nouns that you can
perceive with your five senses.
Examples
house, ocean, Uncle Mike, bird,
photograph, banana, eyes, light,
sun, dog, suitcase, flowers
7. Countable Nouns
name nouns that you can
count.
Examples
bed, cat, movie, train,
country, book, phone,
match, speaker, clock, pen,
David, violin
8. Uncountable
Nouns
name nouns that you
can't count.
Examples
milk, rice, snow, rain, wat
er, food, music
9. Compound
Nouns
are made up of two or more
words.
Examples
tablecloth, eyeglasses, New
York, photograph, daughter-in-
law, pigtails, sunlight, snowflak
e
10. Collective
Nouns
refer to things or people as a
unit.
Examples
bunch, audience, flock, team,
group, family, band, village