Types of Nouns

Types of Nouns Definition Examples

A specific person, place or

Proper Noun Mary, Iowa, Disneyland
thing

A general person, place or

Common Noun girl, state, park
thing

Two or more words that toothpaste, six-pack, post

Compound Noun
create one noun office

Countable Noun Can be counted dolphin, mile, book

Uncountable Noun (or

Cannot be counted junk, freedom, sand
Mass Noun)

Collective Noun Group of things family, herd, team

Can be seen, felt, heard,

Concrete Noun cat, Tom, salt
smelled or tasted

Cannot be seen, felt,

Abstract Noun freedom, love, power
heard, smelled or tasted

Pronoun Takes the place of a noun I, you, he, she, it, they