WORD

CLASSES

“NOUN”
ENG C-2042
LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Enable students to identify the noun and its

types according to the functions performed by
them.
OVERVIEW
Definition of Noun
Types of Noun
Examples
 NOUNS
Nouns are often called naming words. They are the names we give
to people, places, objects etc.

or

A noun is a part of speech that names a person, place,

thing, idea, action or quality.
 TYPES OF NOUN

Proper

Nouns
Concrete
Common
Collective

Abstract
• Proper nouns
usually begin with a capital letter,
referring to specific people and
places: Charlie, Paris

• Common nouns
less specific and usually refer to
types of people, places, feelings
etc. Most nouns are common and
they can be divided further into…
• Concrete nouns
things that exist physically, things
that we can see and feel:
computer, hand, house
• Abstract nouns
things that do not exist physically,
for example feelings, ideas and
qualities: friendship, sadness,
democracy
• Collective nouns
refer to groups of people, animals or
objects: team, community, flock
EXAMPLES OF CONCRETE NOUN
 COUNTABLE VS UNCOUNTABLE
• Countable nouns refer to items that can be counted, even if the
number might be extraordinarily high (like counting all the people in
the world, for example). Countable nouns can be used with articles
such as a/an and the or quantifiers such as a few and many. Count
nouns are nouns that can be pluralized.
e.g. birds, trees.

• Uncountable nouns, or mass nouns, are nouns that come in a state or

quantity that is impossible to count; liquids are uncountable, as are things
that act like liquids (sand, air). Uncountable nouns are always considered
to be singular.
Examples :
• An I.Q. test measures intelligence .

• Non-count nouns have no plural form because they cannot be counted, e.g.
rugby, rice etc
 REFERENCES
Freeborn, D., Freeborn, D., & Caunce. (1987). A course book in English
grammar. Macmillan education.