Noun Type | Examples | | Common Nouns name people, places or things that are not specific. | man, mountain, state, ocean, country, building, cat, airline | | Proper Nouns name specific people, places, or things. | Walt Disney, Mount Kilimanjaro, Minnesota, Atlantic Ocean, Australia, Empire State Building, Fluffy, Sun Country | | Abstract Nouns name nouns that you can't perceive with your five sense. | love, wealth, happiness, pride, fear, religion, belief, history, communication | | Concrete Nouns name nouns that you can perceive with your five senses. | house, ocean, Uncle Mike, bird, photograph, banana, eyes, light, sun, dog, suitcase, flowers | | Countable Nouns name nouns that you can count. | bed, cat, movie, train, country, book, phone, match, speaker, clock, pen, David, violin | | Uncountalbe Nouns name nouns that you can't count. | milk, rice, snow, rain, water, food, music | | Compound Nouns are made up of two or more words. | tablecloth, eyeglasses, New York, photograph, daughter-in-law, pigtails, sunlight, snowflake | | Collective Nouns refer to things or people as a unit. | bunch, audience, flock, team, group, family, band, village | | Singular Nouns name one person, place, thing, or idea. | cat, sock, ship, hero, monkey, baby, match | | Plural Nouns name more than one person, place, thing, or idea. | cats, socks, ships, heroes, monkeys, babies, matches |
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