Nouns

“Poetry is all nouns and verbs”Marianne More

What is a noun?

A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, and

abstract idea. Nouns are usually the first words which small children learn.

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Nouns a person

an animal

a place

a thing an idea

flower freedom

baby

dog city

Nouns• Singular and plural nouns

Plural nouns: Refer to two or more thingsbabies dogs flowers

Singular nouns: Refer to one thing.a baby a dog a flower

Nouns• Concrete and abstract nouns

Abstract nouns:  Something you can not perceive through any of your five senses. 

Concrete nouns:  Something you can perceive with your five senses (see, touch,

taste, hear or smell).

• Collective nounsName a group of people or thing.  This

class of nouns denotes a group of people, animals, objects, or concepts

or ideas as a single entity.

Nouns

army, troop

• Compound nounsMade up of two or more words acting as

a single unit. Types:

1. Separate words: coffee table

2. Hyphenated words: editor-in-chief

3. Combined words: battlefield

Nouns

• Common nouns and Proper nouns– A common noun names any type of

noun (person, animal, place, thing, idea).

– A proper noun names an specific person, place or thing.

Nouns

This is a dog. A dog is a common noun.This is also an specific dog. His name is

Homer. Homer is a proper noun because is the particular name of this dog. A proper noun always begins with a capital letter.

Nouns• Count nouns and Noncount nouns– Count nouns: Nouns that we can count (one

pencil, two pencils, three pencils). They can be singular or plural (a book, two books).

– Noncount nouns: Nouns that we can not count. They have no plural. Example: bread, cheese, ice-cream, yogurt.

Put a or an before singular nouns. Do not use the articles a or an with noncount nouns.

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