name to identify, for example, people, places and things. There are four sub-classes of nouns. These are: Common Nouns, Proper Nouns, Abstract Nouns and Collective Nouns. A Common Noun ‘is any member of a class of persons, places or things. Common Nouns are not capitalized. Examples of Common Nouns are woman, road, computer, mobile phones. A Proper Noun is the ‘name of a particular person, place or thing. Proper Nouns are capitalized. Examples of Proper Nouns are: Michael, Paris, Beretta, University of Manila. Abstract Nouns are ‘intangible concept’ and ideas. They are something not seen. Examples of Abstract Nouns are: truth, honesty, justice, bravery and gluttony. Collective Nouns are ‘a number of persons or things considered as one group or whole.’ Examples of Collective Nouns are jury, crowd, people. Possessive, concrete, countable, uncountable, singular and plural nouns. Possessive form of noun shows a relationship between one thing and another. That relationship may be, among other examples, “possession.” We form the possessive form of noun by adding an apostrophe plus an “s” or an apostrophe to a word already ending in “s.”