We use a noun to name a person, place, or thing.
In a sentence, it can be a subject or an object. In English, nouns do not have genders [masculine or feminine].
Jenny is a teacher. She lives in London with her husband, Bill, and their two children. Bill is a musician. He plays the guitar in a band. Their daughter goes to school and their son is studying medicine at King's College.
=====Common nouns and proper nouns=====
We use proper nouns for specific people, places, institutions or organisations. Proper nouns always start with a capital letter.
Common nouns are not the names of a specific or single person, place or thing. They do not start with a capital letter.
Examples
| Common nouns | Proper nouns |
| continent country town/city street station doctor uncle theatre river airport building woman president | Europe England Paris Oxford Street Victoria Station Doctor Smith Uncle James the National Theatre the River Seine Heathrow Airport Buckingham Palace the Queen the President |
=====Concrete nouns and abstract nouns=====
We use concrete nouns to name people or things which we can see, hear, touch, smell or taste - things which exist physically.
We use abstract nouns to name feelings, ideas and states - things which do not exist physically.
Examples
| Concrete nouns | Abstract nouns |
| chair computer man woman house dog cheese garden pen | love sadness hope comfort truth confidence fear bravery opportunity |
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