Noun and type of noun

Noun and
Type of Noun

What is noun?

A noun is a word that refers to a thing (book), a
person (Betty Crocker), an animal (cat), a place
(Omaha), a quality (softness), an idea (justice), or an
action (yodeling). It's usually a single word, but not
always: cake, shoes, school bus, and time and a half
are all nouns.

Type of Proper Nouns
Noun Common Nouns

Proper Nouns

A proper noun is the specific name
given to a person, place, or thing
(e.g., a personal name or a title)

Example:

Michael Auntie Sally
Africa The Red Lion
Peking
United Nations

Uncle George

Common Nouns

A common noun is the word used for
something. In other words, it is the
word that appears in a dictionary.

Common Nouns (1) Abstract Noun
(2) Concrete Noun
(3) Collective Noun
4) Compound Noun

Common Nouns (5) Gender-Specific Nouns

(9)Verbal Nouns (6) Gerund

(7) Countable Nouns
(8) Non-Countable
Nouns (Mass nouns)

Abstract Noun

An abstract noun is something Feelings anxiety, fear, sympathy
you cannot see or touch States
Emotions freedom, chaos, luxury

Qualities anger, joy, sorrow

Concepts courage, determination,
Moments honesty

opportunity, comfort,
democracy

birthday, childhood, marriage

Concrete Noun zoo
kangaroo
A concrete noun is something
you can see or touch fawn
yacht
nuts tree
daughter

sea
locket
eclipse

Collective Noun

A collective noun is the word used
for a group of people or things

band team
class fleet
group congregation
mob gang
school crew

Compound Noun

A compound noun is a noun
made up of two or more words

Hyphenated Two-word One-word

mother-in-law black market blackbird

forget-me-not board of members anteater

paper-clip washing machine snowman

Gender-Specific Nouns

A gender-specific noun refers to feminine
something specifically male mother
lady
masculine mistress
father
wife
gentleman actress
mister
husband
actor

Gerund

All gerunds end "-ing.“
A gerund is a noun formed from a verb

running guessing
talking learning
visiting enjoying
baking dancing
swimming making

Countable Nouns

A countable noun is a noun that can be
pluralized.

coin zombie
queen
C H APTEhouse R package
robot table
Threevacation yacht
man

Non-Countable Nouns

(Mass nouns) A non-countable noun (or mass
noun as it's also known) is a noun
without a plural form

Activity playing, reading, sleeping

Food bread, butter, milk

Gas air, helium, hydrogen

Liquid coffee, petrol, water

Natural Phenomenon gravity, snow, sunshine

Exercise Which one is proper noun?

John Cats

Which one is countable noun?

VeryWhich one is gerund?

Running Education

References

Monster, G. What Are Nouns? , from
https://www.grammarmonster.com/lessons/nouns.htm

Webster, M. noun from
https://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/noun