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Nouns
There are 4 main categories:
Common nouns Abstract Nouns Proper Nouns Collective Nouns
Here are some examples of each:
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|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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