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One of the most important types of words in English are nouns. Nouns are a part of speech that indicate
people, things, objects, concepts, etc. There are seven types of nouns in English.
Abstract Nouns
Abstract nouns are nouns that refer to concepts, ideas, and emotions, Abstract nouns are nouns that you
cannot touch, are not made of materials, but play an important role in life. Here are some examples of
common abstract nouns:
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success
depression
love
hate
anger
power
importance
tolerance
Collective Nouns
Collective nouns refer to groups of various types. Collective nouns are most commonly used with
groups of animals. Collective nouns can be used in both the singular and plural form, although
collective nouns tend to be used in the singular. Here are some common collective nouns referring to
groups of animals:
herd
litter
pack
swarm
hive
department
firm
party
staff
team
Common Nouns
Common nouns refer to categories of things in general, never to specific examples. In other words,
when speaking about education in general someone might refer to 'university' in a general sense.
In this case, 'university' is a common noun. On the other hand, when 'university' is used as part of a
name it becomes part of a proper noun (see below).
Note that common nouns that are used as the part of a name and become proper nouns are always
capitalized. Here are some common nouns that are often used as common nouns and parts of names:
university
college
school
institute
department
state
Concrete Nouns
Concrete nouns refer to things that you can touch, taste, feel, and see. There are actual things that we
interact with on a daily basis. Concrete nouns can be both countable and uncountable. Here are some
typical concrete nouns:
rice
water
pasta
whiskey
The opposite of concrete nouns are abstract nouns that do not refer to things we touch, but to things we
think, ideas we have, and emotions we feel.
Pronouns
Pronouns refer to people or things. There are a number of pronoun forms depending on how the
pronouns are used. Here are the subject pronouns:
I
you
he
she
it
we
you
they
There are many different forms of pronouns including subject, object, possessive, and demonstrative
pronouns.
Proper Nouns
Proper nouns are the names of people, things, institutions, and nations. Proper nouns are always
capitalized. Here are some examples of common proper nouns:
Canada
University of California
Tom
Alice
rice
love
time
weather
furniture
Uncountable nouns can generally do not take a definite or indefinite article depending on usage.
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