Common Noun - is the generic name for a person, place, or thing
in a class or group. Unlike proper nouns, a common noun is not
capitalized unless it either begins a sentence or appears in a title. ...
Usually, it will be quite obvious if a specific person, place, or thing is
being named.
Abstract nouns are words that name things that are not
concrete. Your five physical senses cannot detect
an abstract noun – you can't see it, smell it, taste it, hear
it, or touch it. In essence, an abstract noun is a quality, a
concept, an idea, or maybe even an event.
Examples:
Possessive form is used with nouns referring to people, groups of people,
countries, and animals. It shows a relationship of belonging between one
thing and another. To form the possessive, add apostrophe + s to
the noun. If the noun is plural, or already ends in s, just add an apostrophe
after the s.
Singular Possessive Nouns Plural Possessive Nouns
Apple's taste Americans' ideals
Book's cover Babies' shoes
Boss's car Cabbages' nutrition
Cat's tuna Donors' cards
Computer's keyboard Eggs' color
Deer's antlers Frogs' croaking
Diane's book Garages' fees
Diabetes's symptoms Hampers' conditions
Fish's eggs Igloos' construction
Fez's size Inventions' popularity
Florida's climate Juices' flavors
Goddess's beauty Kites' altitudes
Gym's rules Lemons' acidity
House's roof Members' votes
Jam's ingredient Nuts' saltiness
Laundry's smell Owls' eyes
Lawyer's fee Planets' orbits
Marble's shape Quizzes' difficulty
Month's work Recesses' measurements
Moss's color Students' grades
Progress's reward Suspects' fingerprints
Senator's vote Teachers' qualifications
Sun's rays The Smiths' house
Today's newspaper Unicorns' power
Tray's usefulness Violins' melody
Tree's bark Wagons' circle
Victor's spoils Yokes' material
Watermelon's rind
Collective noun is used to refer to an entire group of persons,
animals or things; it therefore includes more than one member. ...
Here are some examples of common collective nouns: People:
board, choir, class, committee, family, group, jury, panel, staff.
Animals: flock, herd, pod, swarm.
Common Collective Nouns Used for People
Here are some examples of common collective nouns used for people:
A band of musicians A gang of thieves
A board of directors A pack of thieves
A choir of singers A panel of experts
A class of students A team of players
A crowd of people A troupe of dancers
Common Collective Nouns Used for Animals
Here are some examples of common collective nouns used for animals:
An army of ants A pack of hounds
A flock of birds A pack of wolves
A flock of sheep A school of fish
A herd of deer A swarm of locusts
A hive of bees A team of horses
A litter of puppies A pride of lions
A murder of crows
Common Collective Nouns Used for Things
Here are some examples of common collective nouns used for things:
A bouquet of flowers A pack of cards
A bunch of flowers A pack of lies
A fleet of ships A pair of shoes
A forest of trees A range of mountains
A galaxy of stars A wad of notes
Mass nouns are quantified by a word that signifies amount. A
few examples: Materials, food, metals, and natural qualities: bread, cotton,
wood, lightness, adolescence. Names of liquids, gases, and substances
made of many small particles: cappuccino, oil, smoke, oxygen, rice, sugar,
salt, cement, gravel.
adhesive gin plastic
beer glue poison
brandy ink preservative
cake insecticide ribbon
cheese iron salad
claret jam sauce
cloth jelly sherry
coal juice soap
coffee lager soil
cognac liqueur soup
coke lotion steel
cotton meat sugar
curry medicine tea
deodorant metal vodka
detergent milk whisky
disinfectant oil wine
dye ointment wood
fabric ore wool
fertilizer paint yarn
fuel perfume yoghurt
fur pesticide
Count nouns are people, places, or things that we can count. In this
lesson, we'll look at the definition of count nouns as well as some
examples to help us begin to classify nouns as count or non-count.
accident bush door picture
account camp dream plan
actor captain dress plane
address car driver plant
adult card ear problem
animal case edge product
answer castle effect programme
apartment cat egg project
article chair election ring
artist chapter line river
baby chest list road
bag child machine room
ball cigarette magazine scheme
bank city man school
battle class meal ship
beach club meeting shirt
bed coat member spot
bell college month star
bill computer motor station
bird corner mouth stream
boat country nation street
book crowd neck student
bottle cup newspaper table
box daughter office task
boy day page teacher
bridge desk park tent
brother doctor party thought
bus dog path tour
A proper noun is a noun directly associated with an entity and primarily
used to refer to that entity, such as London, Jupiter, Sharon, or Microsoft,
as distinguished from a common noun, which is a noun directly associated
with a class of entities and primarily used to refer to instances of a specific
class.
Plural noun is a word that indicates that there is more than one person,
animal place, thing, or idea. When you talk about more than one of
anything, you're using plural nouns. When you write about more than one
of anything, you usually use the same word, simply adding an s, es, or ies
to the end.
Singular noun names one person, place, thing, or idea, while a
plural noun names more than one person, place, thing, or idea. There are
a few basic rules to remember when it comes to turning a singular
noun into a plural noun. Most singular nouns need an 's' at the end to
become plural.
Nouns with a plural form and a singular meaning
Certain nouns have a plural form (ending in -s) but a singular meaning: news;
shingles, mumps, rickets; dominoes, billiards, darts etc.:
What's the news?
Shingles is caused by the same virus as chicken pox.
Billiards is a game which connects mathematics and football.
Nouns ending in -ics can either take a singular (if they are considered as the
name of a science) or a plural verb (if they express a specific application of the
science):
Mathematics was never easy for Tom.
The teacher told him that his mathematics were well below the standard. (his
understanding of mathematics or his results)
Rhetorics was one of the seven free arts.
His rhetorics were doing more harm to our case than any mistake we had ever
made.(his way of expressing ideas)
Acoustics is the study of sounds.
Poor classroom acoustics create a negative learning environment for many
students.(audibility in the classroom)
Rules in Changing Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns