Nouns are divided into common nouns and proper nouns. Common nouns
are words for people, animals, places, or things.These are words for people. They are common nouns.
Or A noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing. Nouns come
in these varieties: common nouns, proper nouns, compound nouns, and collective nouns.e.g
1. Common nouns name any one of a class of person, place, or thing girl, city, food e.g
artist
clown acrobat
Another word for astronaut is
spaceman or spacewoman.
actor lawyer
aunt judge
baby man
baker nurse
cook police officer
dentist singer
doctor soldier
giant teacher
2. Proper nouns name a specific person, place, or thing. Proper
nouns are always capitalized.
For Exmple
Barbara
New York City
Rice-a-Roni
Omar
Lisa
Santa Claus
Proper Nouns
Word File
Here are some more names
of people:
Ali Baba
Florence Nightingale
Derek Jeter
Pauline
Johnny Depp
Patrick
Harry Potter
Pinocchio
Robin Hood
3. Compound nouns are two or more nouns that function as a single
unit. A compound noun can be two individual words, words joined by a hyphen, or two words
combined.
Individual words: time capsule
Example
Hyphenated words: great-uncle
Combined words: basketball
4. Collective nouns name groups of people or things.e.g audience, family, herd, crowd
More examples of Collective nouns
a bunch of keys
a class of pupils
a collection of books
a deck of cards
a fleet of ships
a flock of sheep
a gaggle of geese
a gang of robbers
a herd of cattle
a litter of cubs
a pod of whales
a pack of wolves
a pride of lions
a set of stamps
a swarm of bees
a troupe of actors
5. Possessive Nouns
In grammar, possession shows ownership. Follow these rules to
create possessive nouns.
1. With singular nouns, add an apostrophe and an s.
dog → dog’s bone
singer → singer’s voice
2. With plural nouns ending in s, add an apostrophe after the s.
dogs → dogs’ bones
singers → singers’ voices
3. With plural nouns not ending in s, add an apostrophe and an s.
men → men’s books
mice → mice’s tails
6. Plural Nouns
Here are the guidelines for creating plural nouns.
1. Add s to form the plural of most nouns.
cat → cats
computer → computers
2. Add es if the noun ends in s, sh, ch, or x.
wish → wishes
box → boxes
3. If a noun ends in consonant -y, change the y to i and add es.
city → cities
lady → ladies
4. If a noun ends in vowel -y, add s. Words ending in -quy don’t
follow this rule (as in soliloquies).
essay → essays
monkey → monkeys
