English Basic Grammar

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Nouns

• Common - Proper
• Countable - Uncountable
• Concrete - Abstract
• Compound - Collective
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TYPES OF NOUNS
COMMEN

Used to name people, places or things in people

general. It refers to the class of types of person
or thing (without being specific).

Examples: girl, city, animal, house, fruit

Mountain
* Have no specific name of them
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TYPES OF NOUNS

Proper

Used to name a specific (individual) person, Naren

place or thing. Proper nouns begin with a
capital letter.

Examples: Taylor swift, Beijing , Inner

Mongolia, Alps ……
Alps

* Have a specific name of them

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Countable Uncountable

Have a singular and a plural form Cannot be counted. They often

and can be used with a number or refer to substances, liquids and
a/an before it. Also called count abstract ideas. Also called mass
nouns. nouns.

Examples : cat, cup, bike, motor, Examples : wood, air, milk,

lamp …… happiness……

* people can count these. * people cannot count these.

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TYPES OF NOUNS

Concrete

Refer to people or things that exist Frog

physically and that at least one of the senses
can detect.

Examples : dog, tree, banana, sun, sock……

Taylor Swift
* people can see, smell, touch, hear or taste.
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TYPES OF NOUNS

Abstract

Have no physical existence. They refer to

ideas, emotions and concepts you can not Justice
see, hear, touch, smell or taste.

Examples : love, time, fear, freedom,

luck……
Culture
* people cannot see, smell, touch, hear or taste.
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TYPES OF NOUNS

Compound

Toothbrush
Two or more words that create a noun. They
can be written as one word, joined by a
hyphen or written as separate words.

Examples: rainfall, son-in-law, credit

card……
Bus stop

* two or more words create a noun.

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TYPES OF NOUNS

Collective

Refer to a set or group of people, animals or Flock

things. They are often followed by
OF+PLURAL NOUN(e.g. bunch of flowers).

Examples: team, pile, flock, stack, bunch……

*the name of a group of things. Bunch

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