Nouns

               


A noun is the name of any person, place or thing 

Proper Nouns

A Proper noun always begins with a capital letter

It is the individual names

 While a noun names a person, place, thing, or idea a proper noun gets more specific. It gives us the actual name of the person, place, thing, or idea.  The actual names of people are proper nouns. So are the names of states, streets, rivers, oceans, countries, companies, institutions, churches, and more.  You can see more specific examples below.

eg. Mary, Delhi, Toronto

 
Common Nouns

Common nouns are your run-of-the-mill, generic nouns. They name people, places, things or ideas that are not specific.

woman, city, dog, shoe

Since these nouns are not naming anything specific, they do not need to start with capital letters unless they begin a sentence.

A Common noun always begins with a small letter 

It is the name of a class 

eg. man, girl, 

Difference between Common Noun and Proper Noun

• man/James
• woman/Julie
• state/California
• company/IBM, General Motors
• store/Neiman Marcus
• restaurant/Applebee’s
• mountains/Mckinley
• countries/Ireland, France, America
• waitress/Betty
• chair/La-Z-Boy
• soldier/Lieutenant Mark Davis
• river/the Mississippi River
• institution/University of Georgia

Collective Nouns

A Collective noun is a word used to define a group of people, animals or inanimate things. For example, in the phrase a "flock of geese" or a " pride of lions", flock and pride are collective nouns. There are many collective nouns that refer to animals. A group of people can be described as an army, company or audience.

 Concrete Nouns

A Concrete noun is classified by its ability to reach the senses. Concrete nouns are something physical. If you can taste, touch, hear, smell or see an item the word is a concrete noun. Examples of concrete nouns are water, air or pizza.

 Abstract Nouns

An abstract noun means the opposite to a concrete noun. If you cannot taste, touch, hear, smell or see something it is an abstract noun. Examples of abstract nouns are honesty, courage and loyalty.