-A proper noun is Countable Concrete nouns:

a noun which is the name of a +Nouns that have both singular and plural nouns that refer to a Countable Uncountable
particular person, place, or thing forms physical thing, rather +lentils +rice
spelt with a capital letter +Used to talk about countable individual things than a quality, state, or +suggestions +advice
Ex: Mary, London, etc. +Used with either singular or plural verbs action +a wig +hair
-A common noun is a noun Ex: word – words, machine – machines Ex:book, house,
which is NOT the name of a Uncountable machine -Some nouns can be either
particular person, place, or thing. +Nouns that do not usually occur in plural Abstract nouns: nouns countable or uncountable
Ex: book, driver, etc. forms that refer to a quality, depending on the context.
Notes : +Used to talk about things of a mass state, or action Ex: He’s a danger to society.
The Earth +Used with singular verbs Ex:happiness, idea, Britain is a multi-racial society
The earth ( A proper noun) Ex: education, homework, harm punishment
Earth ( A common noun)
DETERMINER + NOUN = NOUN PHRASE
Collective nouns: nouns that refer to a TYPE OF NOUNS NOUNS Ex :a computer, this book, my house, some balls, one
collection of people, things, or animals man
as a group
Determiner:
Ex:school, family, company
-can be used with both singular and
plural verbs
NOUNS COMPOUND
NOUNS
1. Articles (a, an, the)
2 .Demonstrative adjectives
(this, that, these, those)
Ex:The government is going to look
3. Possessive adjectives
into the matter. ( a single unit -Possessive case: ‘s
POSSESSIVE (my, Mary’s)
organization)
The government are going to look into PLURALITY -Possessive case is used 4. Quantifiers
CASE +to express relations (some, a lot of )
the matter.(individual members) between people: the 5. Numerals
Partitive nouns Suffix –s/–es added to the noun man’s father ( one, two, three)
-phrases used to express quantity and used with an rose + –s ➔roses, fly + –es ➔flies +to express purpose:
uncountable noun -Vowel change children’s playground -Single-word compound
Measure partitives: a yard of cloth, an acre of mouse ➔mice, (= a male voice) nouns: headache
land -Same forms +equivalent to a sentence: adjective + noun: blackbird
Typical partitives: a slice of cake, a stick of chalk aircraft, sheep, headquarters the residents’ protests = gerund + noun: answering
General partitives: a piece of paper/cake, a bit of -Nouns with two plural forms, the residents protested machine
cheese/ cloth each with a different meaning -The possessive is not noun + gerund: sightseeing
-are always countable used with non-living verb + adverb particle:
brother ➔brothers / brethren
-can be used with both countable and uncountable things. make-up
-Nouns with a different meaning
nouns -Plurality of compound noun + noun: air
for the plural form
a loaf of bread nouns: conditioner
damage vs. damages
a packet of biscuits fathers-in-law