Noun Type Examples

Common Nouns name people, places or woman, mountain, city, ocean, country, building, dog,
things that are not specific. airline

Proper Nouns name specific people, Walt Disney, Mount Everest, Minnesota, North Sea,
places, or things. England, London Tower Bridge, Fluffy, Sun Country

Abstract Nouns name nouns that you love, wealth, happiness, pride, fear, religion, belief,
can't perceive with your five senses. history, communication

Concrete Nouns name nouns that you house, ocean, Uncle Mike, bird, photograph, banana,
can perceive with your five senses. eyes, light, sun, dog, suitcase, flowers

Countable Nouns name nouns that you bed, cat, movie, train, country, book, phone, match,
can count. speaker, clock, pen, David, violin

Uncountable Nouns name nouns that

milk, rice, snow, rain, water, food, music
you can't count.

Compound Nouns are made up of two tablecloth, eyeglasses, New York, photograph,
or more words. daughter-in-law, pigtails, sunlight, snowflake

Collective Nouns refer to things or bunch, audience, flock, team, group, family, band,
people as a unit. village

Singular Nouns name one person, place,

cat, sock, ship, hero, monkey, baby, match
thing, or idea.

Plural Nouns name more than one

cats, socks, ships, heroes, monkeys, babies, matches
person, place, thing, or idea.