Oh, the Nouns all Around:

Class Notes on Nouns:

Nouns: (The many kinds)

common- nouns that are regular (Example: shoe, book, pancake)

      2 types:

concrete: nouns you can actually touch (bike, shoe, cow)

abstract: Nouns you cannot touch (dream, kindness, nobility)

      

Common nouns, but more than one:

plural- noun that are more than one (Example: mice, people, schools, cookies)

collective- nouns that represent many. (Example: society, community, committee, class)

Common noun made of more than one noun:

compound- noun that is made up of two nouns (Example: book shelf, apple fritter)

Not so Common at all NOUNS:

proper- nouns that are the title of something/someone (Ms. Carton, Alyeska Resort, Highland Tech)

possessive proper- showing it belongs to a proper noun (Example: Eli's, Alyeska's)

possessive- showing "it" is owned. (Example: wallaby's, boy's)

General Note on Nouns: