Nouns

Noun 

Learning Objective: Pupils will be able to define and differentiate between Common noun and Proper noun.

A noun is a name of a

Person                         Animal                        place                        thing

Adaugo                       Dog                             KFC                           Chair

Ethan                        Chicken                      Silver Bird                 Table

Chioma                        Lion                            Abuja                       Pen

Types of nouns

Common nouns or (Ordinary nouns) are the names of general people, places or things.

Examples:

Person –Man

Animal –Dog

Place- Market

Thing- Phone

A common noun starts with a small letter

E.g The boy went by train from the station

Proper nouns- A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place or thing.

Person –Joshua

Animal –Bingo

Place-Magic Land

Thing –Samsung

Proper noun must begin with Capital letter.

Examples

Joshua went by British Airways from London

Abstract Noun.  It is used to show feelings, it can’t be touched or felt

Example. Happiness, joy, peace, sadness.

Collective noun. It is a name of a group of people, collection of persons or things

Difference between common noun and proper noun

     Common                                       Abstract                       Collective noun                      Proper noun

Women	Happy	A brood of chickens	Miss Lilian
Bank	Sad	A bundle of rags	Bank PHB
City	Peace	A clump of trees	Abuja
Girl	Joy	A fleet of cars	Amanda
Cinema	Excited	A gaggle of geese	Silver bird
Subject	Gladness	A suit of stars	English
Country	Hungry	A team of horses	Nigeria
State	Thirsty	A suite of furniture	Lagos
Country	Poverty	A school of whales ,dolphins	John

Underline the proper noun, common noun, abstract and collective nouns in this sentence

Jayden and Jasmine went to the movies.

Spain is a country in Europe.

She is a lady with great honor.

A pack of hungry dogs attacked thee sheep.

I could see the fear in his face.