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The kinds of nouns are:

  • singular noun are words for one person, place, or thing; plural nouns are words for two or more persons, places, or things.
  • common nouns are words for any person, place, or thing; proper nouns are the name of a person, place, or thing.
  • concrete nouns are words for things that can be experienced by any of the five physical senses; things that can be seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched; abstract nouns are words for things are things that can't be seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched; they are things that can only be known, understood, learned, believed, or felt emotionally.
  • possessive nouns show that something belongs to it; possession is shown by adding an -'s to the end of the noun or just an apostrophe for some nouns that already end with an -s.
  • collective nouns are words that group nouns for multiples of like things.
  • compound nouns are nouns formed by combining two or more words to form a noun with a meaning of its own.
  • count nouns are words for things that can be counted, can be singular or plural; non-count (mass) nouns are words for thing that aren't counted, they're expressed by amounts, measures, or descriptions.
  • gerunds (verbal nouns) are the present participle (the -ing word) that function as a noun in a sentence.
  • material nouns are words for things that other things are made from.
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A noun is a word for a person, a place, or a thing. A noun functions as the subject of a sentence or a clause and the object of a verb or a preposition. Examples:

1. Aunt Jane made cookies for Jack and Jill. (subject of the sentence)

2. The cookies that Aunt Jane made are for Jack and Jill. (subject of the relative clause)

3. Aunt Jane made cookies for Jack and Jill. (direct object of the verb)

4. Aunt Jane made cookies for Jack and Jill. (object of the preposition)

A noun can function as a predicate nominative(subject complement), a noun or a pronoun following a linking verb that restates or stands for the subject.

5. Jack and Jill are twins. (predicate nominative)

A noun can functions as an object complement, a noun that follows and modifies or refers to a direct object.

6. Jack and Jill love their aunt, Jane. (object complement)

A noun can function as a noun of direct address, the name of or a noun for the person spoken to.

7. Aunt Jane, may I have a cookie? (noun of direct address)

A noun can function as a possessive noun to indicate ownership, possession, origin or purpose.

8. Aunt Jane's cookies are the best. (possessive noun)

A noun can function as an adjective to describe another noun, this is called an attributive noun. Example:

9. Aunt Jane made almond cookies. (attributive noun)

A noun is can function as a word to group other nouns, this is called a collective noun. Example:

10. Aunt Jane made a batch of cookies. (collective noun)

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βˆ™ 8y ago

The definition for a noun is that a noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. However, those are extremely basic types. Following are 8 more detailed types of nouns. (nouns can be more than one of these types)

*common (house, street)

*Proper (John, Washington)

*singular (pen, book)

*plural (boys, maps)

*concrete (apple, wall)

*abstract (love, patience)

*collective (group, team)

*compound (firefly, seat belt)

For example: 'answer' is common, singular, and abstract; 'flocks' is common, plural, concrete, and collective; 'sidewalk' is common, singular, concrete, and compound; and 'George' is proper, singular, and concrete.

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βˆ™ 10y ago

Seven different types of nouns are:

  1. singular or plural nouns
  2. common or proper nouns
  3. concrete or abstract nouns
  4. possessive nouns
  5. collective nouns
  6. compound nouns
  7. attributive nouns (also called noun adjunct)
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βˆ™ 14y ago

Do you mean what are the eight parts of speech? Then your answer is: noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, conjunction, preposition, and interjection.

Eight ways a noun and pronoun can be used are as: places, objects, people, names, numbers, titles... I don't really know what you mean here.

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βˆ™ 9y ago

The kinds of nouns are:

Singular nouns are words for one person, place, or thing.

Examples: apple, brother, calf, datum, glass

Plural nouns are words for two or more persons, places, or things.

Examples: apples, brothers, calves, data, glasses

Common nouns are words for any person, place, or thing. Common nouns are capitalized only when they are the first word of a sentence.

Examples are: general, tower, city, day, year, war, peace

Proper nouns are the names of people, places, things, or titles. Proper nouns are always capitalized.

Examples: General Eisenhower, the Tower of London, New Year's Day, or 'War and Peace' by Leo Tolstoy.

Abstract nouns are words for things that you cannot detect with your physical senses; you cannot see, hear, smell, taste, or touch them. An abstract noun is a word for something that is known, learned, understood, thought, or felt emotionally.

Examples: tolerance, optimism, hatred, leisure, and gratitude.

Concrete nouns are words for things that can be detected by any of the physical senses; things that can be seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched.

Examples: hand, blueberry, knife, snow, and Clarinet.

Count nouns are nouns for things that can be counted, they have a singular and plural form.

Examples: one hand, two hands; one monkey, a barrel of monkeys; one dollar, a million dollars; and one man, two men.

Non-count (mass) nouns are things that can't be counted; they are words for substances and some abstract nouns for concepts.

Example substances: flour, sand, rice, aluminum, oxygen.

Example concepts: knowledge, harm, advice, news, or homework.

Multiples of non-count nouns are expressed measures or degrees.

Examples: a cup of flour; a roll of aluminum; some advice, a lot of homework.

The plural forms of non-count nouns are reserved for 'types of' or 'kinds of'.

Examples: kinds of rices are brown and basmati; a selection of teas.

Possessive nouns are words that show that something in the sentence belongs to that noun; possessives are shown by adding an apostrophe -s to the end of the word, or occasionally just an apostrophe for some nouns that already end with -s.

Examples: the child's toys, the teacher's desk, the pie's crust, the elephant's baby, the bus's tire, or the bosses' meeting.

Collective nouns are words for a group nouns for multiples of thing, animals or people.

Examples: a crowd of onlookers, a bouquet of flowers, a herd of cattle, a team of players, a row of houses, or a pod of whales.

Compound nouns are nouns made up of two or more words merged into one word with a meaning of its own. There are three types of compound nouns:

  • open spaced: tennis shoe, front door, paint brush
  • hyphenated: mother-in-law, fifty-five, six-pack
  • closed: bathtub, Baseball, houseboat

Gerunds(verbal nouns) are the present participle of a verb (the -ing word) that functions as a noun as the subject of a sentence or clause and the object of a verb or preposition.

Examples: 'I went fishing.'; 'Walking is good exercise.'; Talking will get you nowhere, try some doing.

Material nouns are words for things that other things are made from. Some examples are flour, milk, concrete, sand, oil, plastic, cotton, fabric, wool, or wood.

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βˆ™ 11y ago

A noun functions as:

  • the subject of a sentence or clause
  • the object of a verb or a preposition

The kinds of nouns are:

  • singular and plural nouns
    • singular: one of a person, place, thing, or idea
    • plural: two or more persons, places, things, or ideas
  • common and proper nouns
    • common nouns are words for any person, place, thing, or idea
    • proper nouns are the name of a person, place, thing, or a title
  • concrete and abstract nouns
    • concrete nouns are words for something that can be experienced by any of the five senses, something that can be seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched
    • abstract nouns are words for things that can not be experienced by any of the five senses, something is known, learned, understood, or felt emotionally
  • possessive nouns are nouns that show that something in the text belongs to someone or something; possession is indicated by adding an apostrophe sto the end of the word or, if the word already ends with an s, just add an apostrophe after the ending s.
  • collective nouns are words that are used to group multiples of people or things
  • compound nouns are nouns made up of two different words joined together to make a word with its own meaning; there are three types of compound nouns, open spaced (paint brush), hyphenated (mother-in-law), and closed (bathtub)
  • count and non-count (mass) nouns
    • count nouns can be singular or plural, whichever is appropriate
    • non-count (mass) nouns are things that can't be pluralized, used only in the singular, things that are a substance or a quality. Substances, such as rice or sand are counted as units of (such as a grain of... or a bucket of...) but are count nouns when used as types of (types of rices; kinds of sands). Qualities can't be counted, such as poverty or honesty, you either have it or you don't.
  • gerunds (verbal nouns), the present participle of a verb (the -ing word) used as a noun, such as dancing, working, fighting, etc. Gerunds are usually non-count nouns.
  • Material nounsare words for things that other things are made from. Some examples are flour, milk, concrete, sand, oil, plastic, cotton, fabric, wool, or wood.
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