==> 8 PARTS OF SPEECH <==

1. Nouns

A noun is a person, place, concept, or object. Basically, anything that�s a I would

like to visit Old Faithful.�thing� is a noun, whether you�re talking about a
basketball court, San Francisco, Cleopatra, or self-preservation.

Nouns fall into two categories: common nouns and proper nouns. Common nouns are
general names for things, like planet and game show. Proper nouns are specific
names for individual things, like Jupiter and Jeopardy!

TYPES OF NOUNS:

Nouns form a large proportion of English vocabulary and they come in a wide variety
of types. Nouns can name a person:

Ex. Albert Einstein, the president, my mother, a girl etc..

Nouns can also name things, although sometimes they might be intangible things,
such as concepts, activities, or processes. Some might even be hypothetical or
imaginary things.

Ex. shoe, faucet, freedom, The Elder Wand, basketball etc..

PROPER NOUN is a specific name of a person, place, or thing, and is always

capitalized.

Ex. Does Tina have much homework to do this evening?

Tina is the name of a specific person.

Ex. I would like to visit Old Faithful.

Old Faithful is the specific name of a geological phenomenon.