1. Grammar Chapter 2
Nouns

2. Kinds of Nouns Noun: a person, place, thing or idea
Common noun: general name for a person, place thing or idea
Proper noun: the name of a particular person, place, thing or idea
Concrete noun: something that can be seen, heard, smelled, tasted or touched
Abstract noun: names an idea, feeling, quality or characteristic
Collective noun: names a group of people or things

3. All nouns are either common or proper AND concrete or abstract.
Type of Noun
Example
common noun
school
proper noun
Norup International School
concrete noun
classroom
abstract noun
education
collective noun
class
All nouns are either common or proper AND concrete or abstract.

4. Singular & Plural Nouns
Singular noun: one person, place, thing or idea
Plural noun: more than one person, place, thing or idea
Singular Noun
Plural Noun
school
schools

5. Making Nouns Plural

6. Possessive Nouns
Possessive noun: shows ownership or relationship

7. Compound Nouns
Compound noun: made up of two or more words used together as a single noun.
Single word (toothpaste)
Two or more separate words (street lamp)
Hyphenated word (passer-by)

8. Nouns as Subjects & Complements
Subject noun: tells whom or what the sentence is about (who or what is completing the action)
The teacher is trying to t each grammar.
Subject complement: completes the meaning of the sentence (usually comes after the verb)

9. Nouns in Phrases
Object of a preposition: noun or pronoun that follows the preposition (from, of, at, near, etc.).
I live close to the store.
Appositive: noun or pronoun that identifies/ renames another noun or pronoun.
My mom, a very nice lady, is coming to visit.
Appositive phrase: an appositive phrase and its modifiers.