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
