Nouns

possessive noun

A possessive noun shows possession, ownership, or the relationship between two nouns

Example of proper noun

General Schwartzkopf, America, July, Big Bang.

Example of possessive noun

Raul's house, the cat's fur, the girls' soccer ball

Example of collective noun (plural)

The (board of trustees) come from all walks of life.

Example of collective noun (singular)

The (class) meets two days a week.

noun

a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea

singular noun

a word that names one person, place, thing, or idea

Example of singular noun

brother, classroom, piglet, and joy

Example of plural noun

brothers, classrooms, piglets, and joys

Example of abstract noun

courage, sanity, power, and memory

common noun

names a general class of people, places, things, or ideas

collective noun

names a group

abstract noun

names an idea, a quality, or a characteristic

concrete noun

names an object that occupies space or that can be recognized by any of the senses

plural noun

names more than one person, place, thing, or idea

collective noun (plural)

refers to individual group members

collective noun (singular)

refers to the group as a whole

Example of common noun

soldier, country, month, theory

proper noun

specifies a particular person, place, thing, event, or idea. Proper nouns are always capitalized

Example of concrete noun

tuba, music, potato, and aroma