Nouns

Question 1

Noun

Answer 1

Person, place, thing, idea

Question 2

Abstract noun

Answer 2

Intangible entities such as justice, love, philosophy…

Question 3

Concrete nouns

Answer 3

Tangible entities such as house, tree, computer

Question 4

Proper nouns

Answer 4

Individualized, and therefore capitalized, nouns

Question 5

Common nouns

Answer 5

Nouns designating membership in a generic group

Question 6

Regular nouns

Answer 6

Nouns that when plural ends in “s”

Question 7

Irregular nouns

Answer 7

When plural either change their form all together or remain the same

Question 8

Countable nouns

Answer 8

Indicate entities that can be counted such as cats

Question 9

Uncountable nouns (mass nouns)

Answer 9

Indicate entities, although understood to be plural in some sense, cannot be actually counted — for example, flour.

Question 10

Determiners (noun markers)

Answer 10

A part of speech (possessive nouns or pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, indefinite pronouns, interrogative pronouns, or articles) that often proceed a noun and can help you identify a noun.