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Classes of Nouns

0 A common noun does not name a particular person,

place, thing, or idea (general). Common nouns are not

capitalized.

0 person

0 woman

0 president

0 park

0 government

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Classes of Nouns

0 A concrete noun names a thing that is tangible (can be

seen, touched, heard, smelled, or tasted). Concrete

nouns are either proper or common.

0 Grand Canyon

0 music

0 Becky

0 fabric

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Classes of Nouns

0 An abstract noun names an idea, a condition, or a

feeling-in other words, something that cannot be

touched, smelled, tasted, seen, or heard.

0 New Deal

0 freedom

0 awe

0 poverty

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Classes of Nouns

0 A collective noun names a group or a unit

0 team

0

crowd0 New York Jets

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Number of a Noun

0 Number indicates whether the noun is singular or plural

0 A singular noun refers to one person, place, thing or idea

0 actor

0 stadium0 Canadian

0 child

0 A plural noun refers to more than one person, place, thing, oridea.

0 actors0 stadiums

0 Canadians

0 children

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Number of a Noun

0 It is important to notice the number of the noun

because it must match with the verb and pronouns

used in a sentence.

0 The children is going to the mall.

0 The truth are going to set you free.

0 The German was upset because their plane was late.

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Gender of a Noun

0 Gender indicates whether a noun is masculine,

feminine, neuter, or indefinite.

0 Masculine: uncle, brother, men, bull, rooster, stallion

0 Feminine: aunt, sister, women, cow, hen, filly

0 Neuter (without gender): tree, cobweb, garage, closet

0 Indefinite (masculine or feminine)

0 president

0 plumber

0 doctor

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Case of a Noun

0 Case tells how nouns are related to other words used

with them. There are three cases

0 Nominative case

0 Possessive case

0 Objective case

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Case of a Noun

0 A possessive case noun shows possession or

ownership.

0 Like the spiders claw, a part of him touches a world he

will never enter.0 - Loren Eiseley, The Hidden Teacher

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Case of a Noun

0 A nominative case noun can be the subject of a clause

0 Patsys heartwas beating very wildly beneath his

jacketthat blackhorse there owed something to the

orphan he had made. Paul Dunbar, The Finish of Patsy Barnes

0 A nominative noun can also be a predicate noun,

which follows a be verb (am, is, are, was, were, be,

being, been) and renames the subject.

0 Mr. Cattanzara was a differenttype than those in the

neighborhood. Bernard Malamud, A Summers Reading

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