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Nouns

This document defines and provides examples of different types of nouns: common nouns, proper nouns, concrete nouns, abstract nouns, compound nouns, collective nouns, count nouns, and non-count nouns. Common nouns are not capitalized while proper nouns are. Concrete nouns can be experienced with senses while abstract nouns cannot. Compound nouns are made of two or more words. Collective nouns name groups and are treated as singular. Count nouns can take plural 's' while non-count nouns cannot.

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Nouns

This document defines and provides examples of different types of nouns: common nouns, proper nouns, concrete nouns, abstract nouns, compound nouns, collective nouns, count nouns, and non-count nouns. Common nouns are not capitalized while proper nouns are. Concrete nouns can be experienced with senses while abstract nouns cannot. Compound nouns are made of two or more words. Collective nouns name groups and are treated as singular. Count nouns can take plural 's' while non-count nouns cannot.

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2019-09-17

All About Nouns

Materials adapted from The Daring English Teacher 2016


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Nouns
A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea
There are many different kinds of nouns:
Common  Compound
Proper  Collectiv e
Abstract  Count
Concrete  Non-count

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Common Nouns

A common noun can be person,


place, or thing.
Do not capitalize common nouns.
Examples:
 policeman (person)
 town (place)
 book (thing)
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Proper Nouns

A proper noun names a person, place, or


thing.
Proper nouns are ALWAYS capitalized.
Examples:
 Chief Nasution (policeman - person)
 Semarang (town - place)
 Campbell’s Biology (book - thing)
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Common & Proper Nouns

teacher Mr. Eka


pancake RM Sederhana
school University of Education
city Bandung
country Malaysia
fish Millenial
hiker Singamangaraja XII

A noun will be EITHER a common or a proper


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Concrete Nouns

A concrete noun can be experienced


with one of the five senses.
You can see, touch, taste, smell, or hear
concrete nouns.
Examples:
 lightning (you can see it)
 thunder (you can hear it)
 ice cream (you can touch and taste it)
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Abstract Nouns

An abstract noun is a type of noun that


is intangible.
You cannot see, touch, taste, smell, or
hear abstract nouns.
Examples:
 love
 courage
 knowledge
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Abstract vs. Concrete Nouns

skill pizza
beauty rain
intelligence writer
faith roller coaster
dream penguin
information pen
trust house
friendship park

A noun will be EITHER concrete or abstract


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Compound Nouns
A compound noun contains two or
more words that join together to make a
single noun.
There are three kinds of compound
nouns:
 closed form
 hyphenated
 open form
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Compound Nouns

Two words are Two or more Two separate


meshed words are held words are
together to together by considered one
make one word hyphens compound noun
greenhouse son-in-law post office
overpass over-the- mental health
tophat counter middle class

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Collective Nouns
A collective noun names groups of things
and people.
Examples: To avoid subject/verb agreement
errors, these collective nouns need
• family to be treated as singular nouns.
• group
Examples:
• majority The family held its reunion on
Sunday.
• team
• class The team celebrat ed its vict ory.
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Count Nouns
A count noun is a noun in which you can
add a number to the front of it and add
an s at the end of it.
Examples:
 cake/cakes
• She baked a cake.
• She baked five cakes.

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Non-Count Nouns
A non-count noun is a noun that only
has a single form.
You cannot add an “s” to the end of a
non-count noun.
Examples:
 music
 advice
 rice
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Count vs. Non-Count Nouns

cake/cakes happiness
book/books flour
park/parks homework
monkey/monkeys furniture
rainstorm/rainstorms rudeness
bag/bags weather
bus/buses baggage

A noun will be EITHER a count or


a non-count noun The Daring English Teacher

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