Nouns

Collective Nouns

A noun in a singular noun that names a group of people with a common interest

Singular Nouns

A noun names one person, animal, place, thing, or abstraction

Common Nouns

A noun that is a generalization of a particular person, animal, place, thing, or abstraction.

Compound Nouns

A noun that is made of two or more words. They may be open, hyphenated, or closed.

Abstract Noun

A noun that names an abstraction, a quality, or a characteristic, not able to be sensed.

Concrete Nouns

A noun that names an object that occupies space or can be recognized by any of the senses (sight, smell, hear, taste, touch).

Plural Nouns

A noun that names two or more people, animals, places, things, or abstractions.

Possessive Nouns

A noun that tells who "has" something. It answers the question, "Whose?"

Noun

A word that names one or more people, animals, places, things, or abstractions. (Abstractions are things you cannot touch)

Proper Nouns

Nouns that are specific names of individual people,groups of people, places, and things. They are written with capital letters.