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    This document defines and provides examples of different types of nouns: common nouns, proper nouns, concrete nouns, abstract nouns, compound nouns, collective nouns, count nouns, and non-count nouns. Common nouns are not capitalized while proper nouns are. Concrete nouns can be experienced with senses while abstract nouns cannot. Compound nouns are made of two or more words. Collective nouns name groups and are treated as singular. Count nouns can take plural 's' while non-count nouns cannot.

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    This document defines and provides examples of different types of nouns: common nouns, proper nouns, concrete nouns, abstract nouns, compound nouns, collective nouns, count nouns, and non-count nouns. Common nouns are not capitalized while proper nouns are. Concrete nouns can be experienced with senses while abstract nouns cannot. Compound nouns are made of two or more words. Collective nouns name groups and are treated as singular. Count nouns can take plural 's' while non-count nouns cannot.

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    2019-09-17

    All About Nouns

    Materials adapted from The Daring English Teacher 2016


    https://www.thedaringenglishteacher.com/

    Nouns
    A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea
    There are many different kinds of nouns:
    Common  Compound
    Proper  Collectiv e
    Abstract  Count
    Concrete  Non-count

    The Daring English Teacher

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    Common Nouns

    A common noun can be person,


    place, or thing.
    Do not capitalize common nouns.
    Examples:
     policeman (person)
     town (place)
     book (thing)
    The Daring English Teacher

    Proper Nouns

    A proper noun names a person, place, or


    thing.
    Proper nouns are ALWAYS capitalized.
    Examples:
     Chief Nasution (policeman - person)
     Semarang (town - place)
     Campbell’s Biology (book - thing)
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    Common & Proper Nouns

    teacher Mr. Eka


    pancake RM Sederhana
    school University of Education
    city Bandung
    country Malaysia
    fish Millenial
    hiker Singamangaraja XII

    A noun will be EITHER a common or a proper


    noun The Daring English Teacher

    Concrete Nouns

    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)
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    Abstract Nouns

    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
    The Daring English Teacher

    Abstract vs. Concrete Nouns

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

    A noun will be EITHER concrete or abstract


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    Compound Nouns
    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
    The Daring English Teacher

    Compound Nouns

    Two words are Two or more Two separate


    meshed words are held words are
    together to together by considered one
    make one word hyphens compound noun
    greenhouse son-in-law post office
    overpass over-the- mental health
    tophat counter middle class

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    Collective Nouns
    A collective noun names groups of things
    and people.
    Examples: To avoid subject/verb agreement
    errors, these collective nouns need
    • family to be treated as singular nouns.
    • group
    Examples:
    • majority The family held its reunion on
    Sunday.
    • team
    • class The team celebrat ed its vict ory.
    The Daring English Teacher

    Count Nouns
    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.

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    Non-Count Nouns
    A non-count noun is a noun that only
    has a single form.
    You cannot add an “s” to the end of a
    non-count noun.
    Examples:
     music
     advice
     rice
    The Daring English Teacher

    Count vs. Non-Count Nouns

    cake/cakes happiness
    book/books flour
    park/parks homework
    monkey/monkeys furniture
    rainstorm/rainstorms rudeness
    bag/bags weather
    bus/buses baggage

    A noun will be EITHER a count or


    a non-count noun The Daring English Teacher

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