Nouns are words that name people, places, things, or ideas. There are several types of nouns including concrete nouns, which name tangible things that can be sensed, and abstract nouns, which name intangible concepts. Nouns can also be compound words made of multiple words or collective nouns that refer to groups. Nouns function in sentences as subjects and objects, answering the questions of who or what. New nouns can be created over time through invention or borrowing from other languages.

3.  Nouns are words that names a
person, place, things or ideas.
 The word “noun” come from the
Latin “nomen” that means name.

4.  Just everything that we see, touch, smell, taste,
make and even think are nouns.
 For example:
Car, water, pencil, beans, work, capitalism,
psychology, phone, light, etc.

5. Names any person, place or thing.
Student Pool
Pencil

6. Names a particular person, place or thing. (It begins
with capital letter.)
Barack Obama Burj al Arab Hotel Sir Francis Drake
Statue

7. There are specific types of nouns
• Concrete nouns: Names something or someone you can
touch, see, hear, smell.
Example: Water, book, chicken, music, etc.
• Abstract nouns: Names something you cannot perceive with
your five senses.
Example: Hope, kindness, socialism, idea,
sadness, etc.

8. • Compound nouns: Are nouns consisting of more than a single
word.
They are classified in three groups:
Hyphenated words – Separated words – Combined words
Self-rule, thirty-three,
man-at-arms, sister-in-
law, etc.
Coffee table,
social security,
dining room, etc.
Schoolteacher,
highschool,
bookshelf, landlord,
headmaster, etc.

9. • Collective nouns: Names a group of people or things.
Examples: Family, herd, class, troop, club, etc.

10. 1.In a sentence, the nouns are use as the
subject of the sentence.
The boy plays in the garden.
SUBJEC
T
Boy: Common and concrete noun

11. 2. Also, in the sentence, the nouns are use as
DIRECT OBJECTS, which are the things
that we are talking about. It answers the
question what.
Thomas loses his wallet.
DIRECT
OBJECT
What
does
Thomas
lose?:
His
wallet
Wallet: Common and concrete noun.
Thomas: Proper and concrete noun.

12.  A noun is also an “open word”. That means
that it accepts the addition of new kind of
words. It can be invented thanks to new
technologies or borrowed from other
languages.
For example: Google, sushi, siesta,
tubing, etc.