Definition and Types

A noun is a word that refers to a thing ,a person, an

animal, a place, a quality, an idea, or an action. It's usually a
single word, but not always: cake, shoes, school bus, and time
and a half are all nouns.

- Merriam Websters
 Noun
- Refers to any member of a class of words that can
function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs,
“A dog just barked”, or of objects of verbs or
prepositions “to send money from home”, and that in
English can take plural forms and possessive endings
“Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop”.
 Types of Noun
Common Proper Abstract

Noun Noun Noun

Nonspecific people, places, things Specific people, places, things. Something that you cannot
or ideas Examples; Albert Einstein, perceive with your five senses
Examples; Man, city, religion etc... London etc.. Examples; Belief, love, pride,
happiness etc.
 Types of Noun
Concrete Countable Uncountable

Noun Noun Noun

Something that you can perceive Can be counted Cannot be counted

with your five senses Examples; Pencil/pencils, Examples; Milk, music, food,
Examples; Apple, lion, eyes, flower apple/apples, train, clock etc... water, snow, rice etc..
etc.
 Types of Noun
Compound Collective Singular

Noun Noun Noun

Made up of two or more smaller Refers to a group of things as one Refers to one person, place,
words whole things, or idea
Examples; Textbook, snowball, Examples; Bunch, audience, flock, Examples; Cat, dog, ship,
seafood, sunflower group, family monkey, hero etc...
Types of Noun
Plural

Noun

Refers to more than one person,

place things, or idea
Examples; Dogs, cats, ships, babies
etc.
Inflection
 Definition
Inflection refers to a process of word formation in which items are
added to the base form of a word to express grammatical
meanings. The word "inflection" comes from the Latin ”inflectere”,
meaning "to bend.“

Inflections in English grammar include the genitive 's; the plural -s;
the third-person singular -s; the past tense -d, -ed, or -t; the negative
particle 'nt; -ing forms of verbs; the comparative -er; and the
superlative -est.
Part of Speech Grammatical Category Inflection Examples

Noun Number -s, -es Flower → Flowers

Glass → Glasses

Noun, Pronoun Case (Genitive) -'s, -', -s Paul → Paul's

Francis → Francis'
It → Its

Pronoun Case (Reflexive) -self, -selves Him → Himself

Them → Themselves

Verb Aspect (Progressive) -ing Run → Running

Verb Aspect (Perfect) -en, -ed Fall → (Has) fallen

Finish → (Has) finished

Verb Tense (Past) -ed Open → Opened

Verb Tense (Present) -s Open → Opens
Adjective Degree of Comparison -er Smart → Smarter
(Comparative)

Adjective Degree of Comparison -est Smart → Smartest

(Superlative)