What is a noun ? | parts of speech: nouns |noun types: collective | ELT & ESL

What Is A Noun?

What is a noun? Noun is described as words that refer to a personplacethingeventsubstancequalityquantity, etc.

Noun is a part of speech typically denoting a person, place, thing, animal or idea.

There are many different types of nouns in English, each designed to serve a different purpose in an English sentence.

Collective Nouns

What are Collective Nouns?

Collective nouns are names for a collection or a number of people or things. Words like group, herd, and array are collective noun examples.

Collective Noun Examples

  • Herd
  • Pack
  • Flock
  • Swarm
  • Shoal
  • Group
  • Crowd
  • Gang
  • Mob
  • Staff
  • Crew
  • Choir
  • Orchestra
  • Panel
  • Board
  • Troupe
  • Bunch
  • Pile
  • Heap
  • Set
  • Stack
  • Series
  • Shower
  • Fall

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Collective Noun Examples

for more noun types, visit:

concrete & abstract nouns

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regular plural nouns & irregular plural nouns

https://brainperks4u.wordpress.com/2019/06/16/what-is-a-noun-parts-of-speech-nouns-noun-types-collective-elt-esl-2/

collective nouns

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possessive nouns

https://brainperks4u.wordpress.com/2019/06/16/what-is-a-noun-parts-of-speech-nouns-noun-types-possessive-elt-esl/

compound nouns

https://brainperks4u.wordpress.com/2019/06/16/what-is-a-noun-parts-of-speech-nouns-noun-types-compound-elt-esl/

countable & uncoutable nouns

https://brainperks4u.wordpress.com/2019/06/16/what-is-a-noun-parts-of-speech-nouns-noun-types-countable-uncountable-elt-esl/