Types of Noun

Common Noun: A word which is used for general items such as a person, place or thing.

Example; book, camera, girl, house, coffee.

 

Proper Noun: It is the name that shows particular person, place, organization or thing and it begin with capital letter.

Example; Sara, London, Google, September, Mercedes.

 

Countable Noun: A noun that refers to something which can be counted.

Example; building, table, mirror, ring, fan.

 

Uncountable Noun: It is used for things that we cannot count.

Example; milk, sugar, rain, strength, happiness.

 

Abstract Noun: It is a noun that describes something that might be real but cannot touched or seen.

Example; anger, love, courage, luck, hope.

 

Collective Noun: It refers to a group of things or number of people taken as a whole.

Example; group, family, audience, bouquet, army.

 

Material Noun: It is a word which refers metal or substance that are used for making things and we can touch or see them.

Example; coal, wood, gold, rubber, wheat.

 

Concrete Noun: It is opposite of abstract noun which shows something that can be seen physically.

Example; money, wave, silk, hammer, water.

 

Compound Noun: A word which is composed of two or more existing words.

Example; password, moonlight, air conditioner, ice-cream, homework.

 

Singular Noun: It is used only for one person, thing or place.

Example; boy, pen, car, teacher, flower.

 

Plural Noun: It is used for more than one person, place or thing.

Example; girls, cups, markers, pages, mobiles.

 

Regular Plural Noun: Noun which can be plural by adding s or es.

Example; dishes, babies, leaves, heroes, countries.

 

Irregular Plural Noun: Nouns which do not become plural by adding s or es.

Example; men, people, mice, children, feet.

 

Masculine Noun: Those nouns which refers to boys, men and male animals.

Example; father, husband, brother, peacock, lord.

 

Feminine Noun: Those nouns which refers to girls, women and female animals.

Example; actress, murderess, niece, lioness, daughter.