Types of nouns

There are 5 types of nouns-

• Proper Nouns
• Common Nouns
• Abstract Nouns
• Collective Nouns
• Material Nouns

Proper Nouns

A proper noun or special name is a noun which represents a unique thing (such as Paris, Saturn, Brian, or Sony), as opposed to a common noun, which represents a class of things (for example, city, planet, person or factory).

Common Nouns

A common noun is a noun representing a person, place, or thing in a class or group. Unlike proper nouns, a common noun is not written in capital letters unless it either begins a sentence or appears in a title. Common nouns can be concrete (perceptible to the senses), abstract (involving general ideas or qualities), or collective (referring to a group or collection).

Examples: boys; city: rivers; animal.

Abstract Nouns

Abstract nouns are words which name things that are not concrete. Your five physical senses cannot detect an abstract noun – you can’t see it, smell it, taste it, hear it, or touch it. In essence, an abstract noun is a quality, a concept, an idea, or maybe even an event.

Examples : happiness, grief , marriage, length, pain.

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Collective Nouns

A collective noun is a noun that describes a group of things.

Examples are:

• A bevy of girls
• A school of fish.
• A bunch of keys.
• A parliament of owls.

Material Nouns

Material Noun is the name of a material or a substance or an ingredient of an alloy. 

Examples :

• Diamond
• Iron
• Wood
• Gold