This document defines and provides examples of different types of nouns: - Common nouns are general names like man, dog, city that are not unique or specific. - Proper nouns are unique names like Paul, IBM, Asia that begin with capital letters. - Collective nouns name groups like crowd, herd, union rather than individuals. - Concrete nouns are tangible things while abstract nouns are intangible concepts. - Compound nouns are made of two or more words like tennis shoe, six-pack, bedroom. - Predicate nouns follow linking verbs and rename the subject like doctor, player, president.

1. NOUNS Types of Nouns and Examples

2. Definition The part of speech (or word class) that is used to name or identify a person, place, thing, quality, or action

3. Types of Nouns Common Proper Collective Concrete & Abstract Compound Predicate

4. Common Definition: They are names which are general in nature, not specific or unique names

6. Names of animals - dog, cat, (not Rex or Jumbo)

7. Names of places - city, village, river, mountain, country

10. Brand names — like IBM, KODAK, or Dell

11. Geographical names — Asia, River Nile , the British Isles

12. Names of institutions — St. Michael’s School, Bank of England

15. Animals or other living things (herd, swarm)

16. Places (union, federation) or

20. Hyphenated - hyphen between words (six-pack)

22. Sentence examples Predicate Nouns Mr. Smith is a doctor. My son became a professional soccer player. Mary Smith may be our next president. The children seemed excited about Christmas.