1. Common Nouns:

A doesn’t give the specific names to a person. Any noun that does not name any particular thing, person, place or idea. Eg: Aunt, uncle, rain, town, field.

2. Proper Noun:

They name things specifically. It names a particular person, place, thing or idea or animal. Eg: Friday, November, Desmond, Chad.

3. Collective Nouns:

It names groups of people, animals and things. Eg: A team of players, an audience of spectators, a congregation of worshipers, a bevy of ladies, a forest of trees etc.

4. Abstract Nouns:

It names an idea, a doctrine, a thought, a concept, a condition or a feeling. Eg: Year, inspiration, relationship, confidence, love, education etc.

5. Concrete Nouns:

It names a thing that is tangible (can be seen or touched). Eg: Boy, pen, duster etc.

6. Countable Nouns:

It refers to nouns that can be counted. I.e they have singular and plural.

7. Uncountable Nouns:

They refer to nouns that cannot be counted. Eg: Rice, water, air, cement, oil, sand, beans and sugar.

Exercise

In a table, classify the following words under collective, countable, uncountable  and abstract nouns.

List of words: School, goodness, intelligence, a herd of cattle, an anthology of poems, sun, water melon, soil, muds, situation.

Solution