All About Nouns. A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea There are many different kinds of nouns: – Common – Proper – Abstract – Concrete – Compound.

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All About Nouns

A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea There are many different kinds of nouns: – Common – Proper – Abstract – Concrete – Compound – Collective – Count – Non count

A proper noun names a person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are ALWAYS capitalized. Examples: – Chief Wilson (firefighter) (person) – Kansas City (town) (place) – Where the Red Fern Grows (book) (thing)

teacher cookie restaurant school city state country dog explorer Mr. Davis Chips Ahoy Surf’s Up Grill Clover City High School Austin Texas The United States Boomer Christopher Columbus

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

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)

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

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 A notebook is a compound noun!

Two words are meshed together to make one word doghouse baseball racecar Two or more words are held together by hyphens son-in-law over-the- counter Two separate words are considered one compound noun post office real estate middle class

A collective noun names groups of things and people. Examples: – family – group – majority – team – class

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. – pig/pigs The farmer wrangles three pigs in the stable and found one pig in the barn.

A non count noun is a noun that only has a single form. You cannot add an s to the the of a non count noun. Examples: – music – advice – rice

cake/cakes pig/pig book/books park/parks sofa/sofas rainstorm/rainstorms bag/bags happiness flour homework furniture rudeness weather baggage