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Noun A noun is a naming word. It names a person, place, thing, idea, living creature, quality, or action. Examples: cowboy, theatre, box, thought, tree, kindness, arrival, birthday, anniversary

Types of Nouns: ◾Proper– proper nouns always start with a capital letter and refers to specific names of persons, places, or things. Examples: Volkswagen Beetle, Shakey’s Pizza, Game of Thrones ◾Common– common nouns are the opposite of proper nouns. These are just generic names of persons, things, or places. Examples: car, pizza parlor, TV series ◾Concrete– this kind refers to nouns which you can perceive through your five senses. Examples: folder, sand, board ◾Abstract- unlike concrete nouns, abstract nouns are those which you can’t perceive through your five senses. Examples: happiness, grudge, bravery ◾Count– it refers to anything that is countable, and has a singular and plural form. Examples: kitten, video, ball ◾Mass– this is the opposite of count nouns. Mass nouns are also called non-countable nouns, and they need to have “counters” to quantify them. Examples of Counters: kilo, cup, meter Examples of Mass Nouns: rice, flour, garter ◾Collective– refers to a group of persons, animals, or things. Example: faculty (group of teachers), class (group of students), pride (group of lions)

Classifications of Nouns 1.) Singular - Singular nouns name only one person, place, thing or idea. One apple, a pencil, the book

2.) Plural - Plural nouns name two or more persons, places, things or ideas. Most singular nouns (Not ALL) are made plural by adding –s. For example, (pencil is a singular noun. The word pencils is a plural noun.)

Exception #1: If a noun ends with the –s, sh, ch, or x like the words, kiss, church, ash or box, then they are made plural by adding –es (kisses, churches, ashes, and boxes). Exception #2:There are also irregular nouns that do not follow any rules. For example, the plural form of the word child is children.

MORE: http://www.edb.utexas.edu/minliu/pbl/ESOL/help/libry/speech.htm http://partofspeech.org/