There are 11 types of nouns.
Common Nouns name a general person, place, thing, or idea.
(Common nouns are not capitalized unless the noun starts the sentence.)
Proper nouns name a specific person, place, thing, or idea.
(Proper nouns are always capitalized.)
Abstract nouns name ideas, qualities, states, feelings, or concepts.
(Abstract nouns identify things that cannot be smelled, seen, heard, touched, or tasted.)
Concrete nouns name items that can be experienced by the five senses.
(Concrete nouns identify things that can be smelled, seen, heard, touched, or tasted.)
Countable nouns name separate items that can be counted individually.
(Countable nouns can be singular or plural and used with numbers or articles [a, an, the].)
Uncountable nouns name materials or substances not counted individually.
(Uncountable nouns are also called Mass nouns because they identify items seen as wholes.)
Collective nouns name a group that can be regarded as a single unit.
(Collective nouns can be singular or plural and pertain to the group as a whole, not individual items.)
Compound nouns, made by combining two or more words, function as one unit to name a person, place, thing, idea, or event.
(Compound nouns may contain words that are hyphenated, separated, or joined together.)
Possessive nouns show ownership, or possession, to a person, place, thing, or idea.
(Possessive nouns can be singular or plural and includes an apostrophe ['] and an [s].)
Gerunds, made from verbs functioning as nouns, name an action or activity.
(Gerunds involve verbs ending in -ing.)
Derived or Deverbal or Verbal substantive nouns, made from verbs, function as nouns that name an action, result, or concept.
(Deverbals involve verbs ending in -ion or -al.)
