Noun Classification
Noun is a word that is used to define a person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea. They are one of the first things that an ESL student learns.
Nouns can be categorized into 7 major groups. Read below to learn more:
Common Nouns
General nouns.
- a cat
- a bowl
- a keyboard
Countable Nouns
Nouns that can be counted.
- car - cars
- house - houses
- man - men
Uncountable Nouns
Nouns that can't be counted.
- water
- wood
- air
Collective Nouns
Nouns that refer to a group of people or things.
- a team
- a family
- a herd
Proper Nouns
Nouns that refer to a specific name of a person, company, product.
- Mr. Jack Kushi
- Microsoft
Concrete Nouns
a noun that is a physical object, something that can be touched, seen.
- a plane
- a animal
- a chair
Abstract nouns
Nouns that are not physical objects and can't be touched physically.
- love
- jealousy
- hate
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