NOUNS
School - garden - hoop - swing - house - car - bicycle - boat - dog horse - happy
- A nice house.
- A pretty garden.
- A red car.
Hint: If you can put 'a', 'an', or 'the' in front of a word, it's definitely a noun.
- A nice house.
- A pretty garden.
- A red car.
Hint: If you can put 'a', 'an', or 'the' in front of a word, it's definitely a noun.
There are several types of nouns:
Abstract nouns - Collective nouns - Common nouns - Compound nouns Concrete nouns - Countable nouns - Pronoun - Proper nouns - Uncountable nouns
Abstract nouns - Collective nouns - Common nouns - Compound nouns Concrete nouns - Countable nouns - Pronoun - Proper nouns - Uncountable nouns
An abstract noun refers to a thing that does not exist as a 'material object'. You cannot hear, see, taste, touch and smell an abstract noun.
Honesty - beauty - happiness - sadness - liberty - friendship - truth childhood love
Honesty - beauty - happiness - sadness - liberty - friendship - truth childhood love
A collective noun is a word which refers to a collection / groups of animals, birds, creatures, people or things:-
A gaggle of geese.
A parliament of owls A mustering of stalks A descent of woodpeckers |
A troop of kangaroos
A litter of puppies A crash of rhinoceroses A dray of squirrels |
A crowd of onlookers
A crew of sailors A choir of singers A class of students |
- For an interesting list of collective nouns, click here ...
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Common nouns are general/non-specific names of animals, objects, places, things, people and ideas.
- Animals .... bee - monkey - deer - elephant - dog - cat - bird
fish - snake - dolphin
- Places ........ street - station - airport - dock - hospital - park
office - library - shop
- People ....... policeman - mother - uncle - builder - girl - man
woman - vicar - priest
- Things ....... car - plane - computer - pen - camera - table
boat - lamp - chair - book
- Animals .... bee - monkey - deer - elephant - dog - cat - bird
fish - snake - dolphin
- Places ........ street - station - airport - dock - hospital - park
office - library - shop
- People ....... policeman - mother - uncle - builder - girl - man
woman - vicar - priest
- Things ....... car - plane - computer - pen - camera - table
boat - lamp - chair - book
Compound nouns are made up of at least two words and are often hyphenated:
- mother-in-law - Forget-me-not - baby-sitter
Compound nouns with spaces:
- swimming pool - fish tank
Compound nouns without spaces:
- shotgun - eyelid - housework
- mother-in-law - Forget-me-not - baby-sitter
Compound nouns with spaces:
- swimming pool - fish tank
Compound nouns without spaces:
- shotgun - eyelid - housework
A concrete noun is something that you can see, smell, touch, feel and hear. There are countable concrete nouns and uncountable concrete nouns.
- Countable nouns are used to name something that can be counted:
One teacher (people) - valley (place) - deer (animal) - comb (thing)
Two dogs - one egg - three bananas - five mice - six deer
- Unaccountable nouns refer to something that cannot be counted and, therefore, will
have no plural:
Water (liquid) - steam (gas) - copper (substance)
- Countable nouns are used to name something that can be counted:
One teacher (people) - valley (place) - deer (animal) - comb (thing)
Two dogs - one egg - three bananas - five mice - six deer
- Unaccountable nouns refer to something that cannot be counted and, therefore, will
have no plural:
Water (liquid) - steam (gas) - copper (substance)
Used instead of a noun.
He - she - it - we - you - they - I
- She lives in a nice house.
- It has a pretty garden.
- He parks his car in the garage.
He - she - it - we - you - they - I
- She lives in a nice house.
- It has a pretty garden.
- He parks his car in the garage.
Proper noun is a name of a person, place, organisation. A proper noun always has a capital letter. Proper nouns also refer to times or to dates in the calendar.
- Animals ................... Donald Duck - Lassie - Mickey Mouse
- Organisation ............. Kingston Voluntary Action - The United Nations - Surrey
County Council
- People .................... Queen Elizabeth - Nat King Cole - Sir Winston Churchill
- Places ...................... Heathrow Airport - Waterloo Station - Brighton
Kenya - Dubai
- Things ..................... Financial Times newspaper, Eiffel Tower
- Times and dates ....... Saturday, 31 August 1982
- Animals ................... Donald Duck - Lassie - Mickey Mouse
- Organisation ............. Kingston Voluntary Action - The United Nations - Surrey
County Council
- People .................... Queen Elizabeth - Nat King Cole - Sir Winston Churchill
- Places ...................... Heathrow Airport - Waterloo Station - Brighton
Kenya - Dubai
- Things ..................... Financial Times newspaper, Eiffel Tower
- Times and dates ....... Saturday, 31 August 1982
- Who .......................... The child who dropped the doll lives nearby
- Whom ....................... Whom did she say dropped the doll?
- Whose ....................... Whose doll is it anyway?
- That ......................... She has the doll that was thrown away
- Which ....................... I don't really know which of them threw the doll away
- Whom ....................... Whom did she say dropped the doll?
- Whose ....................... Whose doll is it anyway?
- That ......................... She has the doll that was thrown away
- Which ....................... I don't really know which of them threw the doll away
As the word implies, these are nouns that cannot be counted. They are substances, concepts that we are unable to 'count'. They are usually in the singular form:
Music - art - news - rice - sugar - butter - money - travel - work
- The music is very loud.
- There is no electricity.
- Where can I get the information?
The music, electricity and information cannot be counted.
Music - art - news - rice - sugar - butter - money - travel - work
- The music is very loud.
- There is no electricity.
- Where can I get the information?
The music, electricity and information cannot be counted.