Is a word that functions as the name of some specific thing or set of things, such as living creatures, objects, places, actions, qualities
Proper
The name that identifies
someone or something, a
person or a place.
Panama
Robert
Mary
Common
Words that refer to most general things.
Abstract noun
Represents a thing that is more like a
concept or idea: love, integrity, democracy,
friendship.
Concrete nouns
Represent a thing that is real and
tangible: pig, person, rock.
Uncountable nouns
Tings that can have a quantity or
amount but cannot be actually
counted. Examples: hate,
confidence, attractiveness, wisdom
Countable noun
Is a thing that can be numbered or
counted: airplane, sock, bowl, noodle,
teacher
Collective nouns
Refer to a group of people or
things: audience, team, bunch,
family, class
Irregular plural nouns
Do not become plural by adding -s or -es, as most nouns in the
English language do. knife knives, life lives, wife wives, calf
calves, leaf leaves, foot feet, tooth teeth, goose geese, man men,
woman women