TYPES OF NOUNS ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS GRADED A+

TYPES OF NOUNS ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS GRADED A+ Concrete Noun - ANSWER A thing that can be seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted (ex: music, pie, tornado, flower, dog, milk, team) Abstract Noun - ANSWER Refers to emotions, ideas, concepts, beliefs, and state of being (ex: love, hate, acceptance, education, happiness, patience) Possessive Noun - ANSWER Shows ownership over something (Melissa's cat, my friend's recipe) Proper Noun - ANSWER Names a specific person, place, thing, or idea (often starts with a capital letter. ex: September, Tuesday, Jon Snow, Japan) Collective Noun - ANSWER A group of people, animals, or things and is used in *singular* form (ex: flock, herd, a bunch, a set) Plural Noun - ANSWER Used to talk about multiples of a thing (often paired with "some/ a pair of". ex: pictures, pillows, scissors, shoes) Countable Noun - ANSWER Can be counted and have both singular & plural forms (often proceeded by "a/an". ex: cat(s), woman/women, country/countries, drink(s)) Uncountable Noun - ANSWER Cannot be counted and usually doesn't have a plural form (ex: flour, Earth, rain, wood) Can nouns fall into more than one category? - ANSWER Yes; ex: Earth is both a proper & uncountable noun, time is abstract & uncountable (try to think of other examples) What type of noun makes up the majority of nouns in English? - ANSWER Concrete nouns. They are easy to identify by the 5 senses. (can I touch it? is it real? can it physically effect me?)