English Grammar - Nouns

Question 1

What is a concrete noun? Provide an example

Answer 1

• Exists physically

- Table, legs, mouse, pencil

Question 2

What is an abstract noun? Provide an example

Answer 2

• Does not physically exist = ideas, emotions, concepts

- Anger, politics, sadness

Question 3

What is a proper noun? Provide an example

Answer 3

• Almost always starts with a capital letter = people, places, companies, etc
• George, Brazil, Tesco

Question 4

What is a compound noun? Provide an example

Answer 4

• Made up of 2 or more smaller words/units

- Textbook, smartphone, boyfriend, lunchtime

Question 5

What is a collective noun? Provide an example

Answer 5

• Refers to groups

- Class, flock, gaggle of geese

Question 6

What is a countable noun? Provide an example

Answer 6

• Anything that can be counted (singular and plural)

- Book(s), table(s), pen(s)

Question 7

What is an uncountable noun? Provide an example

Answer 7

• Anything that cannot be counted physically

- Intelligence, love, electricity, information, money

Question 8

What is the noun in this sentence? “He grabbed his surfboard”

Answer 8

Surfboard - countable noun, concrete noun, compound noun

Question 9

What is the noun in this sentence? “He drank life before spitting it out”

Answer 9

Life - Abstract noun, uncountable noun

Question 10

What are the nouns in this sentence? “Love is not like pizza”

Answer 10

Love - Abstract noun, uncountable noun

Pizza - Concrete noun, countable noun