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Nouns: Common - Proper Countable - Uncountable Concrete - Abstract Compound - Collective

This document discusses different types of nouns in English grammar. It describes common and proper nouns, countable and uncountable nouns, concrete and abstract nouns, compound nouns, and collective nouns. Common nouns refer generally to people, places, or things, while proper nouns have specific names. Countable nouns can be pluralized and take quantifiers, unlike uncountable nouns. Concrete nouns refer to tangible things, whereas abstract nouns are intangible ideas or qualities. Compound nouns are made of two or more words acting as one noun. Collective nouns name groups of people or things.

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Nouns: Common - Proper Countable - Uncountable Concrete - Abstract Compound - Collective

This document discusses different types of nouns in English grammar. It describes common and proper nouns, countable and uncountable nouns, concrete and abstract nouns, compound nouns, and collective nouns. Common nouns refer generally to people, places, or things, while proper nouns have specific names. Countable nouns can be pluralized and take quantifiers, unlike uncountable nouns. Concrete nouns refer to tangible things, whereas abstract nouns are intangible ideas or qualities. Compound nouns are made of two or more words acting as one noun. Collective nouns name groups of people or things.

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English Basic Grammar

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Nouns

• Common - Proper
• Countable - Uncountable
• Concrete - Abstract
• Compound - Collective
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TYPES OF NOUNS
COMMEN

Used to name people, places or things in people


general. It refers to the class of types of person
or thing (without being specific).

Examples: girl, city, animal, house, fruit

Mountain
* Have no specific name of them
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TYPES OF NOUNS

Proper

Used to name a specific (individual) person, Naren


place or thing. Proper nouns begin with a
capital letter.

Examples: Taylor swift, Beijing , Inner


Mongolia, Alps ……
Alps

* Have a specific name of them


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TYPES OF NOUNS

Countable Uncountable

Have a singular and a plural form Cannot be counted. They often


and can be used with a number or refer to substances, liquids and
a/an before it. Also called count abstract ideas. Also called mass
nouns. nouns.

Examples : cat, cup, bike, motor, Examples : wood, air, milk,


lamp …… happiness……

* people can count these. * people cannot count these.


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TYPES OF NOUNS

Concrete

Refer to people or things that exist Frog


physically and that at least one of the senses
can detect.

Examples : dog, tree, banana, sun, sock……

Taylor Swift
* people can see, smell, touch, hear or taste.
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TYPES OF NOUNS

Abstract

Have no physical existence. They refer to


ideas, emotions and concepts you can not Justice
see, hear, touch, smell or taste.

Examples : love, time, fear, freedom,


luck……
Culture
* people cannot see, smell, touch, hear or taste.
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TYPES OF NOUNS

Compound

Toothbrush
Two or more words that create a noun. They
can be written as one word, joined by a
hyphen or written as separate words.

Examples: rainfall, son-in-law, credit


card……
Bus stop

* two or more words create a noun.


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TYPES OF NOUNS

Collective

Refer to a set or group of people, animals or Flock


things. They are often followed by
OF+PLURAL NOUN(e.g. bunch of flowers).

Examples: team, pile, flock, stack, bunch……

*the name of a group of things. Bunch


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