Before you look at the list of nouns, I’d like to point out that each noun fits into more than one of the categories below. For example, the word train is a common, concrete, countable, singular noun. Got it? Good!
List of Nouns
| Noun Type | Examples |
| Common Nouns name people, places, or things that are not specific. | man, mountain, state, ocean, country, building, cat, airline |
| Proper Nouns name specific people, places, or things. | Walt Disney, Mount Kilimanjaro, Minnesota, Atlantic Ocean, Australia, Empire State Building, Fluffy, Sun Country |
| Abstract Nouns name nouns that you can’t perceive with your five senses. | love, wealth, happiness, pride, fear, religion, belief, history, communication |
| Concrete Nouns name nouns that you can perceive with your five senses. | house, ocean, Uncle Mike, bird, photograph, banana, eyes, light, sun, dog, suitcase, flowers |
| Countable Nouns name nouns that you can count. | bed, cat, movie, train, country, book, phone, match, speaker, clock, pen, David, violin |
| Uncountable Nouns name nouns that you can’t count. | milk, rice, snow, rain, water, food, music, luggage |
| Compound Nouns are made up of two or more words. | tablecloth, eyeglasses, New York, photograph, daughter-in-law, pigtails, sunlight, snowflake |
| Collective Nouns refer to things or people as a unit. | bunch, audience, flock, team, group, family, band, village |
| Singular Nouns name one person, place, thing, or idea. | cat, sock, ship, hero, monkey, baby, match |
| Plural Nouns name more than one person, place, thing, or idea. | cats, socks, ships, heroes, monkeys, babies, matches |
| Possessive Nouns show ownership. | Mom’s car, Beth’s cat, the student’s book |
1. Nouns can be subjects. Subjects tell us whom or what a sentence is about.
The students happily studied grammar.
3. Nouns can be indirect objects. Indirect objects tell us to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done.
They taught their friends grammar.
4. Nouns can be objects of prepositions. Objects of prepositions are nouns that come after prepositions in prepositional phrases.
Their friends smiled with glee.
5. Nouns can be predicate nouns. Predicate nouns are nouns that come after linking verbs. They rename the subject of the sentence.
They were grammar champions!
6. Nouns can be objective complements. Objective complements are nouns that complete the direct object.
They elected my uncle mayor.
7. Nouns can be appositives. Appositives are nouns that rename other nouns.
My friend Marianne likes cupcakes.