Nouns are words that name people, places, things, and abstract ideas. There are different types of nouns including singular and plural nouns, concrete and abstract nouns, collective nouns, compound nouns, common and proper nouns, and count and noncount nouns. Nouns are a fundamental part of English grammar and understanding the different types of nouns is important for language learning.

1. Nouns
“Poetry is all nouns and verbs”
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2. What is a noun?
A noun is a word used to name a person, animal,
place, thing, and abstract idea. Nouns are usually
the first words which small children learn.
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3. Nouns a person
an animal a place
a thing an idea
flower freedom
baby
dog city

4. Nouns
• Singular and plural nouns
Plural nouns: Refer to two or more things
babies dogs flowers
Singular nouns: Refer to one thing.
a baby a dog a flower

5. Nouns
• Concrete and abstract nouns
Abstract nouns: Something you can not perceive through any
of your five senses.
Concrete nouns: Something you can perceive with your five
senses (see, touch, taste, hear or smell).

6. • Collective nouns
Name a group of people or thing. This class of nouns
denotes a group of people, animals, objects, or
concepts or ideas as a single entity.
Nouns
army, troop

7. • Compound nouns
Made up of two or more words acting as a single unit.
Types:
1. Separate words: coffee table
2. Hyphenated words: editor-in-chief
3. Combined words: battlefield
Nouns

8. • Common nouns and Proper nouns
– A common noun names any type of noun (person,
animal, place, thing, idea).
– A proper noun names an specific person, place or thing.
Nouns
This is a dog. A dog is a common noun.
This is also an specific dog. His name is Homer. Homer is a
proper noun because is the particular name of this dog. A
proper noun always begins with a capital letter.

9. Nouns
• Count nouns and Noncount nouns
– Count nouns: Nouns that we can count (one pencil, two
pencils, three pencils). They can be singular or plural (a book,
two books).
– Noncount nouns: Nouns that we can not count. They have no
plural. Example: bread, cheese, ice-cream, yogurt.
Put a or an before singular nouns. Do not use the articles a or an with noncount nouns.

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