What are the different kinds of nouns and give examples each kind?

Answer 1

Kinds of Nouns:

singular and plural nouns

1. apple, apples
2. boy, boys
3. child, children
4. door, doors
5. egg, eggs

common and proper nouns

1. gold, Gold Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
2. house, The White House
3. ice cream, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
4. journal, The Wall Street Journal
5. king, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

abstract and concrete nouns

1. love; log
2. memory; mustard
3. negotiation; nest
4. origin, onion
5. patience, panda

possessive nouns

1. a quilt's color
2. a rose's fragrance
3. the store's window
4. the table's legs
5. Uganda's flag

collective nouns

1. a venue of attractions
2. a wealth of information
3. a yoke of oxen
4. a zeal of zebras
5. an army of ants

compound nouns

1. Baseball
2. bathtub
3. bedroom
4. brother-in-law
5. bus stop

count and non-count (mass) nouns

1. cat - cats; chess
2. dog - dogs; diligence
3. egg - eggs; education
4. frog - frogs; fun
5. goose - geese; granite

gerunds (verbal nouns)

1. running
2. swimming
3. dancing
4. playing
5. walking

attributive nouns

1. almond cookies
2. bell tower
3. computer keyboard
4. ranch dressing on a house salad