Nouns for things can be words for living things or for inanimate things, for example:
Proper nouns are the unique names of people, places, or things. Common nouns are the words for general things.
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)
Nouns don't describe things. Adjectives describe things.
Nouns are words for people, places, and things, for example:PeopleactorbarberchilddaughterfriendPlacestowncitycountryislandcontinentThingshorsehouseorangewateryear
Proper nouns are the unique names of people, places, or things. Common nouns are the words for general things. Pronouns always replace proper and common nouns.
Proper nouns are general nouns while common nouns name specific nouns
Abstract nouns name things that cannot be physically touched, for example 'love', 'happiness' or 'dream'. Concrete nouns name things you can touch or picked up, for example 'car', 'pencil' or 'dog'.
Five common nouns are:grandmotherknowledgecucumberhighwaymail
Examples of nouns for things are:appleballooncardiamondeducationflowergardenhydrogenicejokekitchenlunchmoneynecktieonionpromisequiltreasonstartoothumbrellaviolinwaterx-rayyearzenith
Proper nouns refer to specific names of people, places, or things and are always capitalized, while common nouns are general names for people, places, or things and are not capitalized.
The kinds of nouns are:singular noun are words for one person, place, or thing; plural nouns are words for two or more persons, places, or things.common nouns are words for any person, place, or thing; proper nouns are the name of a person, place, or thing.concrete nouns are words for things that can be experienced by any of the five physical senses; things that can be seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched; abstract nouns are words for things are things that can't be seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched; they are things that can only be known, understood, learned, believed, or felt emotionally.possessive nouns show that something belongs to it; possession is shown by adding an -'s to the end of the noun or just an apostrophe for some nouns that already end with an -s.collective nouns are words that group nouns for multiples of like things.compound nouns are nouns formed by combining two or more words to form a noun with a meaning of its own.count nouns are words for things that can be counted, can be singular or plural; non-count (mass) nouns are words for thing that aren't counted, they're expressed by amounts, measures, or descriptions.gerunds (verbal nouns) are the present participle (the -ing word) that function as a noun in a sentence.material nouns are words for things that other things are made from.
Both common nouns and proper nouns name people, places, and things. Example common nouns: mother, island, juice Example proper nouns: Mother Teresa, Jamaica, Mott's Apple Juice