Nouns

There are four types of nouns: Common Nouns, Proper Nouns, Collective Nouns and Abstract Nouns

A Common Noun can be a person, a place or a thing

Things that are named are Common nouns, for example

• desk
• chair
• ocean
• car
• water
• teacher student

 Proper Nouns

Proper Nouns always being with CAPITAL LETTERS

• Your name is a proper noun
• Indian Ocean is a proper noun
• South Africa is a proper noun

Abstract Nouns

An Abstract Noun refers to something we cannot see, touch or measure

• She gave her son love and he responded with respect and obedience

• The love/friendship/happiness of the girl

• She is full of joy/imagination/ambition

Note: Many abstract nouns end with some of the following suffixes:

ness: – Kindness
tice:  –  Practice
hood:- Knighthood
tion:  – Concentration

Collective Nouns

Collective nouns are the name of a collection or a group of objects, people or creatures:

• a string of pearls 

• a herd of elephants

• a bunch of flowers