NounsBy :Shadai Sims

& Gregory Jewette II

What is a Noun?

By definition it is a person, place, thing, or idea .

Anything that exists, has a name, or can be named we assume is a noun.

There are different types of nouns including: proper, common, count, mass, collective, and abstract.

Proper Noun

Naming a specific person place or thing .

Examples: Gregory, Suffolk, Nansemond River, God, Europe, and English .

Proper nouns are usually always capitalized .

Common Nouns

Doesn’t name nouns specifically Such as, boy, girl, city, school,

church, class, teacher . Common nouns are not capitalized

unless used in the beginning of a sentence.

Count & Mass (non-count) Nouns

Count- name nouns that can be counted . Examples: include, a few bags, a couple of

stories, seven continents, three books . Mass- name nouns that cannot be counted. Examples include grass, water, blood, energy. Depending on how the noun is used in a

sentence, it could be count or mass. Ex: she had a hard time in college – mass she had hard times in college - count

Collective Nouns

Name nouns that can take singular form but are composed of more than one person or object .

Examples: Flock, heard, jury, class, group, team .

Abstract Nouns

Names nouns that are not tangible . Examples: Peace, love, justice, joy .

Other topics that deal with nouns

With possessive nouns one has to add an apostrophe and a “s” to show possession. If the noun is plural an has an “s” on the end then one only needs to add an apostrophe.

Noun clause have a subject and verb that do whatever the noun does. Ex: What the teacher does is nice.

Noun phrase is a group of modifiers joining with a noun to help further identify it. Ex: That dog digging in granddad's garden, is Mrs. Smith’s new beagle.

Compound nouns are adjectives and nouns together such as father-in-law, backpack, and post office.

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Work Cited Page

Klammer, Schulz, Volpe. “Nouns.” Commnet.edu. Allyn & Bacon. 2000. Web. 1 October 2012. grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/nouns.htm