Types Of Nouns and Examples in English 1. Common Noun Nonspecific people, places, things or ideas Man, city, religion etc… 2. Proper Noun Specific people, places, things… Albert Einstein, London etc… 3. Abstract Noun Something that you can not perceive with your five senses Belief, love, pride, happiness etc… 4. Concrete Noun Something that you can perceive with your five senses Apple, lion, eyes, flower etc… 5. Countable Noun Can be counted Pencil/pencils, apple/apples, train, clock etc… 6. Uncountable Noun Cannot be counted Milk, music, food, water, snow, rice etc… 7. Compound Noun Made up of two or more smaller words Textbook, snowball, seafood, sunflower 8. Collective Noun Refer to a group of things as one whole Bunch, audience, flock, group, family 9. Singular Noun Refer to one person, place things, or idea Cat, dog, ship, monkey, hero etc… 10. Plural Noun Refer to more than one person, place things, or idea Dogs, cats, ships, babies etc..