The noun forms of the verb explain are explainer, explanation, and the gerund, explaining.
Quite simply explain that nouns are the words for people, places or things. From there, if your child is ready for more information, you can explain the difference between common, collective, proper and abstract nouns.
Appositives.
No, it is not. The important thing is to use the nouns that are most appropriate to convey the information that you want to impart. You can't tell how you hurt yourself or how to boil an egg using all abstract nouns; and you can't explain your hopes and dreams, your experiences or your feelings using all concrete nouns.
The word explain is a verb. Verbs do not have plurals; only nouns (and pronouns) have plural forms.
The two nouns in your sentence are words and nouns, they are plural, common nouns.
Kinds of Nouns: singular and plural nouns common and proper nouns abstract and concrete nouns possessive nouns collective nouns compound nouns count and non-count (mass) nouns gerunds (verbal nouns) material nouns (words for things that other things are made from) attributive nouns (nouns functioning as adjectives)
The types of nouns are: Singular or plural nouns Common or proper nouns Concrete or abstract nouns Possessive nouns Collective nouns Compound nouns
proper nouns common nouns pro nouns nouns
In Spanish, "the" is "el" for masculine nouns and "la" for feminine nouns. In French, "the" is "le" for masculine nouns and "la" for feminine nouns. In German, "the" is "der" for masculine nouns, "die" for feminine nouns, and "das" for neuter nouns. In Italian, "the" is "il" for masculine nouns and "la" for feminine nouns.
Plural nouns are not capitalized, unless they are proper nouns.
In the question above, nouns and sentence are the only nouns. Neither of which are proper nouns.
Common nouns are general words for a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.Examples of common nouns for a person:actorbabycousindaughterdesignerfirefighterfriendneighborpersonteacherExamples of common nouns for a place:citycontinentcountryharborislandneighborhoodparkprovincestatesuburbsExamples of common nouns for a thing:applecrowhorsehousemoonsardinesidewalktreewallabywaterExamples of common nouns for an idea:ambitioncouragedemocracyeducationideajokememoryopinionreasonscience