Nouns



Nouns

There are 4 main categories:

Common nouns Abstract Nouns Proper Nouns Collective Nouns

Here are some examples of each:

|Category |Examples |Definition |

|Common nouns |dog, tree, teacher, coffee | |

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|Abstract Nouns |happiness, anger, intelligence, freedom| |

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|Proper Nouns |Paris, Fred Smith, Africa, July, | |

| |Tuesday, Tesco | |

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|Collective Nouns |herd, flock | |

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• Task: write a definition of each category of noun in the third column. From this can you come up with a general definition of a noun?

• Add some more examples of each type of noun to the table above.

From this list of nouns, use four different colours of highlighter to mark the different categories:

Common nouns Abstract Nouns Proper Nouns Collective Nouns

|Buckingham Palace |circle |woman |

|elephant |Kate Winslet |music |

|book |pride (of lions) |memory |

|coat |friendship |Paris |

|Wednesday |eggs |gaggle (of geese) |

|dress |April |fleet (of ships) |

|jigsaw |Thames |fairness |

|Christmas |table |Gone with the Wind |

|carrots |peace |priest |

|Father Ted |car |Rolls Royce |

|person |Hanley |paper |

|The Times |Wardrobe |College Road |

|manager |punctuation |film |

|Titanic |loneliness |petrol |

|friend |friendship |Parliament |

|parliament (of owls) |England |water |

|bread |heat |Tony Blair |

There is a particular rule for proper nouns. Do you know what this is?

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