This document defines and provides examples of different types of nouns in English. It discusses proper nouns, common nouns, abstract nouns, concrete nouns, countable nouns, uncountable nouns, collective nouns, and compound nouns. For each type of noun, it provides a definition and 1-3 examples to illustrate how that noun functions in a sentence. The purpose is to explain the different categories of nouns and how they are used in the English language.

1. NOUNS
Submitted By,
SHAGASHRA V S
I - B.Ed (English)

2. NOUNS
A noun is a word that functions as the
name of a specific object or set of
objects, such as
• living creatures
• Places
• Actions
• Qualities
• states of existence or
• ideas.

3. DIFFERENT TYPES OF NOUN
• Proper Noun
• Common Noun
• Abstract Noun
• Concrete Noun
• Countable Noun
• Non-countable Noun
• Collective Noun
• Compound Noun

4. PROPER NOUN
A proper noun is a name which refers
only to a
• single person
• place or
• thing
In written English, a proper noun
always begins with capital letters.

5. EXAMPLES OF PROPER NOUN
1. William Shakespeare was a playwright ( name of a specific person )
2. I will be visiting New York next month ( name of a specific place )
3. Max was born in South Africa ( name of a specific person & name of a
specific place )

6. COMMON NOUN
The nouns that are used to denote a
general category of people, places or
things.
It encompasses a particular type of
things, person, or places.

7. EXAMPLES OF COMMON NOUN
1. I want to be a writer
2. Let us go to the city
3. I think that is a planet, not a star
4. Would you like a cookie?

8. ABSTRACT NOUN
An abstract noun is a word for something that cannot be seen but is
there.
It has no physical existence.
Generally, it refers to ideas, qualities, and
conditions.
Example:
• Truth
• Happiness
• patriotism

9. EXAMPLES OF ABSTRACT NOUN
1. Truthfulness is a virtue that is rare nowadays.
2. Dishonesty, treachery, infidelity, brutality, pessimism, etc.
are some of the vices.
3. Honesty depends mostly on truthfulness and integrity.

10. CONCRETE NOUN
A concrete noun is the exact opposite of abstract
noun.
It refers to the things we see and have physical
existence.
Examples:
• Chair
• Table
• Bat
• Ball
• water

11. EXAMPLES OF CONCRETE NOUN
1. Santi likes to drink coffee
2. Yellow flowers in the red vase are looking very attractive.
3. I enjoy the sunset at the bank of Ganga river in Varanasi.

12. COUNTABLE NOUN
The nouns that can be counted are
called countable nouns.
Countable nouns can take an article: a, an, the.
Example:
• Chair
• Table
• Books
• Ball

13. EXAMPLES FOR COUNTABLE NOUN
1. Alex has two pencils.
2. The car contains four seats.
3. I love to listen to songs when I work.

14. UN-COUNTABLE NOUN
The nouns that cannot be counted are
called non-countable nouns.
Abstract nouns and proper nouns are
always non-countable nouns
Example:
• Water
• Sugar
• Oil
• Salt

15. EXAMPLES OF UN-COUNTABLE NOUN
1. Do you want some milk?
2. I need some more time.
3. Bring me a cup of soup.

16. COLLECTIVE NOUN
A collective noun is a word for a group of
things, people, or animals, etc.
Collective nouns can be both plural and
singular.
Example:
• Family
• Team
• Jury
• Cattle

17. COLLECTIVE NOUNS ARE COMMONLY USED
UNDER THE CATEGORY OF PEOPLE

18. COLLECTIVE NOUNS USED UNDER THE
CATEGORY OF PEOPLE

19. COLLECTIVE NOUNS ARE USED FOR
ANIMALS

20. COMPOUND NOUN
Sometimes two or three nouns appear together, or even with other parts
of speech, and create idiomatic compound nouns.
Refer to a noun that is made with two or more words. It can be written in
three ways.
Example:
• Six-pack
• Five-year-old and son-in-law
• Snowball
• mailbox

21. EXAMPLES OF COMPOUND NOUN
1. I love watching fireflies on warm summer nights.
2. Let’s watch the full moon come up over the mountain.
3. Let’s be sure to stay somewhere with a swimming pool.

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