TYPES OF NOUN

DEFINITION: Noun is a word which is used to name something as a person, animal, thing
and place. There are six kinds of noun in English.
1) PROPER NOUN
DEFINITION: Proper Noun is a name of particular thing, person, animal and place. On the
other hand, proper noun is always written with a capital letter at the beginning of the
word.
Example: Dara, New York, Cambodia, John, Angkor Wat
2) COMMON NOUN
DEFINITION: Common Noun is a name which is given in common to everyone (person,
thing, animal..).
Example: Man, teacher, doctor, dog, cat, house, chair
3) ABSTRACTIVE NOUN
DEFINITION: Abstractive Noun is the name of idea, quality and action that is the name of
something we cant touch, see, smell and taste.
Example:
- Idea: Advice, ambition, wish...
- Quality: Goodness, kindness, darkness...
- Action: Talking, movement, discussion..
NOTE: Some Abstractive Nouns can make from many kinds of adjective, verb and common
noun.
a) Abstractive Noun makes from adjective.
Adjective

Abstractive Noun

dark

darkness

poor

poverty

wise

wisdom

honest

honesty

b) Abstractive Noun makes from verb.

Verb

Abstractive Noun

hope

hope

regret

regret

help

help

promise

promise

c) Abstractive Noun is quite different from verb.

Verb

Abstractive Noun

live

life

die

death

know

knowledge

advise

advice

d) Abstractive Noun makes from common noun.

Common Noun

Abstractive Noun

man

manhood

friend

friendship

hero

heroism

infant

infancy

4) COLLECTIVE NOUN
DEFINITION: Collective Noun is a name of number or collection of person, thing and
animal taken together and spoken as a whole.
Example: Army, committee, family, nation, association, community

5) COMPOUND NOUN
DEFINITION: Compound Nouns are the nouns that are combined between one word with
another word and can make from many kinds of noun, adjective and verb.
Noun/
Adjective/ver
b

Noun

Common
Noun

sun

light

sunlight

strong

man

strongman

walking

stick

walking-stick

6) MATERIAL NOUN
DEFINITION: Material Noun is the name of particular object.
Example: Chair, table, car, book, pen, house, radio