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Types of Nouns
Learn about various types of nouns
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define: Proper Noun | a specific person, place, thing, or idea |
| Define: Common Noun | a general person, place, thing, or idea |
| Define: Abstract Noun | a word that names an idea, event, quality, concept, or condition |
| Define: Concrete Noun | a word that names a material or tangible object, something that is recognizable to the senses |
| Define: Collective Noun | a word that refers to a singular group of individuals, places, things, or ideas |
| Define: Compound Noun | two or more nouns put together to form a single noun |
| Define: Singular Noun | one person, place, thing, or idea |
| Define: Plural Noun | one or more persons, places, things, or ideas |
| Define: Appositive | a noun, noun phrase, or series of nouns used to identify or rename another noun, noun phrase, or pronoun |
| Define: Verbal | a word that ends in ing and functions as a noun |