Is a wolf a common noun a proper noun or a collective noun?

Answer 1

A wolf is a common noun. Common nouns are general names for people, places, things, or animals, such as "dog" or "tree." Proper nouns, on the other hand, are specific names for individual people, places, or things, like "Rover" or "Oak Tree." Collective nouns, such as "pack" or "herd," refer to groups of things or animals.

Answer 2

The noun 'worm' is a common noun, a general word for a creature with a long soft body and no bones or legs.

A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing. If your worm had a name, like Bob the Worm, then it would be a proper noun. Some other examples of proper nouns for the common noun 'worm' are:

• Urban Worm Girl (commercial worm composting), Chicago, IL
• Worm Road, New London, WI
• Wacky Worm Inc. (bait shop), Gilbert, PA

Answer 3

The noun 'wolf' (lower case w) is a common noun, a general word for a type of canine; a word for any wolf.

A proper noun is the name or title of a specific person, place, or thing; for example:

• J. Stuart Wolf Jr. MD, Professor at the University of Michigan
• Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge, Darien, GA
• Wolf Brand Chili, ConAgra Foods, Inc.
• "The Wolf and The Buffalo", a novel by Elmer Kelton

The noun 'wolf' is not a collective noun. A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things in a descriptive way. The collective nouns for wolf are:

• a herd of wolves
• a pack of wolves
• a route of wolves.

The word 'wolf' is also a verb: wolf, wolfs, wolfing, wolfed.

Answer 4

A proper noun is the name or title of a specific person, place, or thing. Examples of proper nouns for the common noun 'wolf' are:

• J. Stuart Wolf Jr. MD, Professor at the University of Michigan
  
• Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge, Darien, GA
  
• Wolf Brand Chili, ConAgra Foods, Inc.
  
• "The Wolf and The Buffalo", a novel by Elmer Kelton

Answer 5

The noun 'wolf' is not a proper noun and is not a collective noun.

The noun 'wolf' is a singular, common, concrete noun, a word for a type of mammal.

A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing. A proper noun for wolf is the name of a wolf, for example, White Fang in the Jack London novel "White Fang"; or:

• Dick Wolf, creator of the 'Law and Order' series
• Wolf Street, Philadelphia, PA or Wolf Street, Dallas, TX
• Wolf Brand Chili

A collective noun is a word used to group people or things taken together as one whole in a descriptive way. The collective noun for the noun 'wolf' is:

• a pack of wolves

Answer 6

Werewolf is a common noun. Proper nouns are the unique names of people, places, or things. Common nouns are the words for general things. If a common noun is part of a name, it becomes a proper noun. Pronouns always replace proper and common nouns.