Common vs. Proper
What is a common noun?
This type of noun names a general person, place, or thing and is not capitalized.
What is a concrete noun?
The noun type for something you can perceive with your five senses, like a pencil or tree.
What is children?
The plural form of the noun child.
What is a countable noun?
The noun type for things you can count, like three apples.
What is an example of a proper noun?
The noun type for Paris, France.
What is an abstract noun?
The noun type for an idea, quality, or emotion, like freedom or joy.
What is mice?
The plural form of the noun mouse.
What is an uncountable noun?
The noun type for things that cannot be counted individually, like water or advice.
What is a car (or vehicle)?
The common noun for the proper noun Toyota.
What is concrete? (You can hear it).
Is music abstract or concrete?
What is goose?
The singular form of the noun geese.
Rice
Uncountable
What is London, the city (or the city of London)?
A phrase that uses one common and one proper noun: city and London.
What is love?
The abstract noun that is the opposite of hate.
What is the plural of fox?
foxes
jewelry
Uncountable
What is a proper noun?
The type of noun that is capitalized, even if it appears in the middle of a sentence, unless it is a generic plural (e.g., two Johnsons).
What is a judge (or court or scale)?
The concrete noun that represents the abstract concept of justice.
What is the plural of baby?
Babies
What is apples?
countables