COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS (Exercises)

Count & Non-count Nouns

English Material

Nouns are a basic part of speech in a language. Nouns are persons, places, things, ideas, or concepts. Nouns may function as the subject of a sentence, as the object of a verb, or as the object of prepositions.

There are four types of nouns:

1.   Common nouns are words for general people, places, or things.

book, remote control, window, cafeteria, teller, teacher, street, car, police officer

2.   Proper nouns are names of specific people, places, or things. They always begin with a capital letter.

Veronica, Prof. Lenore Sinclair, Chile, Seoul, Disneyland, the New York Times, Boardwalk Empire, Jennifer Lopez, the Braden’s  [notice that when the is used with a proper noun, it is usually in the lower case (not capitalized)]

3.  Collective nouns are singular words that refer to groups of people or animals. They are either common or proper.

team, family, committee, congress, herd (of cows), the Rodriguez family, the New York Yankees

4. Abstract nouns are words for ideas or concepts. We know they exist, but we can’t use our senses (touch, hearing, sight, taste, smell) to find them.

love, hate, honesty, faith, freedom, patience, joy, responsibility, fidelity, dislike, loyalty