Types of nouns

s Proper nouns s/p TheyCommon nouns

(Names) help us to point out a name the same kind of
specific person, places, things or animals.
things, etc. Nonspecific.

Peter, Mary, London, France, etc. Dog, house, chair, car, chicken

s/p Concrete nouns Abstract nouns

Something you can
s Immaterial (quality, state,
perceive with your action). You cannot perceive
senses it with your five senses.

Books, tables, children, dog, car Happiness, courage, sadness

s Individual nouns s/p Collective nouns

One person, things or idea One word for a group of
(singular) people, animals, things, etc.

Boy, soldier, flower, duck army, herd, team, bunch, group

s/p Countable nouns s Uncountable nouns

You can count them You cannot count them

Boy, table, girls, flowers Milk, money, happiness

s/p Compound nouns s/p Material nouns

Two or more smaller Matter or substance of which
words combined things are made

Breakfast, credit-card, dinner- Cotton, iron, wood, glass, nylon,

room, bathroom, sunflower rubber, etc.