Nouns are naming words that represent people, places, objects, substances, qualities, actions and measures. There are different types of nouns including common nouns, proper nouns, collective nouns, countable nouns, and uncountable nouns. Common nouns refer to classes while proper nouns are specific names that begin with capital letters. Collective nouns refer to groups and pronouns are used to replace nouns. Countable nouns can be counted while uncountable nouns cannot be counted individually.

1. Describe nouns and types of nouns
NOUNS

2. NOUNS
Nouns are naming words. Everything we see
or are able to talk about is represented by a
word which names it - that word is called a
'noun'. There are names for people, animals,
places, objects, substances, qualities,
actions and measures.

3. NOUNS
Examples:
soldier - Alan - cousin - Frenchman (< names for people)
rat - zebra - lion - aardvark (< names for animals)
house - London - factory - shelter (< names for places)
table - frame - printer - chisel (< names for objects)
lead - nitrogen - water - ice (< names for substances)
kindness - beauty - bravery - wealth - faith (< names for qualities)
rowing - cooking - barking - reading - listening (< names for actions)
month - inch - day - pound - ounce (< names for measures)

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THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF NOUNS

5. COMMON NOUNS
A common noun is the word used for a class of
person, place or thing.
Examples:
Car
Man
Bridge
Town
Water
Metal
Ammonia

6. PROPER NOUNS
A proper noun is the name of a person, place or thing (i.e., its own name). A
proper noun always starts with a capital letter.
Examples:
Michael
Africa
Peking
Dayton Peace Accord
United Nations
The Tower of London
Uncle George
("Uncle" is written with a capital letter because it is part of his name.)
My favourite auntie is Auntie Sally.
(In this example, the first "auntie" is a common noun; whereas, the
second "Auntie" is part of a proper noun.)
The Red Lion

7. COLLECTIVE NOUNS
A collective noun is the word used for a group of people
or things.
Examples:
Choir
Team
Jury
Shoal
Cabinet (of ministers)
Regiment

8. PRONOUNS
A pronoun is a word used to replace a noun.
James is the first choice for the post. He has applied
for it twice already.
("He" is a pronoun. In this example, it replaces the
proper noun "James".)
("It" is a pronoun. Here, it replaces the common noun
"post".)
Some / Who / This
(The term 'pronoun' covers lots of words, and all
three words above are classified as pronouns. There
is whole section dedicated to pronouns.

9. COUNTABLE NOUNS
They are things that we can count. For example: "pen".
We can count pens. We can have one, two, three or
more
pens.
Here are some more countable nouns:
 dog, cat, animal, man, person
 bottle, box, litre
 coin, note, dollar
 cup, plate, fork
 table, chair, suitcase, bag

10. COUNTABLE NOUNS
Countable nouns can be singular or plural:
 My dog is playing.
 My dogs are hungry.
We can use the indefinite article a/an with countable nouns:
 A dog is an animal.
When a countable noun is singular, we must use a word like
a/the/my/this with it:
 I want an orange. (not I want orange.)
 Where is my bottle? (not Where is bottle?)
When a countable noun is plural, we can use it alone:
 I like oranges.
 Bottles can break.

11. COUNTABLE NOUNS
 We can use some and any with countable
nouns:
 I've got some dollars.
 Have you got any pens?
 We can use a few and many with countable
nouns:
 I've got a few dollars.
 I haven't got many pens.

12. UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
We cannot "count" them. For example, we cannot
count "milk". We can count "bottles of milk" or
"litres of milk", but we cannot count "milk" itself.
Here are some more uncountable nouns:
 music, art, love, happiness
 advice, information, news
 furniture, luggage
 rice, sugar, butter, water
 electricity, gas, power
 money, currency

13. UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular. We use a
singular verb. For example:
 This news is very important.
 Your luggage looks heavy.
We do not usually use the indefinite article a/an with
uncountable nouns. We cannot say "an information" or "a
music". But we can say a something of:
 a piece of news
 a bottle of water
 a grain of rice

14. UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
We can use some and any with uncountable
nouns:
 I've got some money.
 Have you got any rice?
We can use a little and much with uncountable
nouns:
 I've got a little money.
 I haven't got much rice.

15. Here are some more examples of countable and uncountable nouns:
Countable Uncountable
Dollar money
Song music
Suitcase luggage
Table furniture
Battery electricity
Bottle milk
Report information
Tip advice
Journey travel
Job work
View scenery

16. EDITED BY: AIDA SUZANA BINTI AMBAK
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