Nouns

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1. Common Nouns

Common nouns are means shared by persons, places, and things of the same kind or class.  

Common Nouns
Persons	Places	Things
boy	cinema	computer
teacher	market	bus
postman	police station	television
father	school	car

2. Proper Nouns

Proper nouns are names given only to specific persons, places, and things.  The word proper means private or one’s own.  Proper nouns must be written with a capital letter at the beginning.  

Examples of Proper Nouns
Persons	Places	Things
Jason	Tanjung Malim	NOKIA
Mary	Paris	Panosonic
Mr. Ong	Malaysia Hotel	Sliver (cat)
Mrs. Chan	Tanjong Malim	Cutie (horse)

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3. Concrete Nouns 

Concrete nouns are the names of things which have form, shape, size, weight, color and solidity.  Concrete nouns can be seen, touched and smelt.  

Things

cellophane

mountain

cat

horse

4. Abstract Nouns 

Abstract nouns are usually names of some quality, action or state. 

Examples of Abstract Nouns
Quality	Action	State
honesty	prevention	health
beauty	cure	darkness
courage	talk	thickness
truth	development	gladness

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5. Countable Nouns 

Countable nouns are the nouns that can be counted.  

Singular	Plural
tree	trees
cat	cats
bottle	bottles

5.1 Singular countable nouns
      
      (a) Use an for the words beginning with vowels: a, e, i, o, u.
                  
                 e.g. an ant
                       an elephant
    
     (b) A silent 'H'     
               e.g.  an hour
                

5.2 Plural countable nouns

Column A refers to singular Countable Nouns.  Column B shows that there are plural nouns. 

Column A	Column B
Singular	Plural
bag	bags
box	boxes
city	cities
name	names
mouse	mise
tooth	teeth

6. Uncountable Nouns
Uncountable nouns are nouns that cannot be counted. 

Do not add –s to an uncountable noun.

Uncountable nouns do not have plural form.

       
                          salt

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7. Collective Nouns

A collective noun refers to a number of, a group of, or a collection of persons or things      considered one. 

       e.g. an army of ants
              a tribe of baboons

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Sources

Lee K. S. (2007). 1001 Series, PMR grammar. Selangor: Pustaka Sistem Pelajaran

Teo S. C. (2007). Grammar mastery, form 1. Selangor: Oxford Fajar

Farida J.I., Abidah A.& Rosemary E. (2009). Grammar builder, book 2. Selangor: Pan Asia           Publications

Fun with words 

http://www.rinkworks.com/words/collective.shtml

The common nouns 
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/commonnoun.htm

Clown, town, crown: Learning about Nouns
http://nonnaandme.blogspot.com/2012/04/clown-town-crown-learning-about-nouns.html

Countable and uncountable nouns
http://bvictory.blogspot.com/2012/09/countable-and-uncountable-nouns.html

Collective Nouns
http://tx.english-ch.com/teacher/jah/home/collective-nouns

Simon & SchusterCollective Nouns
http://simonschusterca.tumblr.com/post/55611517656/collective-nouns 

Collective Nouns for Animal Groups
http://blog.writeathome.com/index.php/2013/03/improved-animal-groups-poster/

Schoolhouse Rock Nouns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Qk4N5kkifGQ

Noun Song - Have Fun Teaching

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MZcka8Zg-uc