Kinds of Common Nouns
You know that some things, animals etc. that is some common nouns can be counted they are countable nouns.
Some common nouns stand for something that cannot be counted they are uncountable nouns.
Countable nouns have two forms ‘singular and plural’
1.Countable nouns-
Some common nouns can be counted they are known as countable nouns.
Countable nouns have two forms 1. singular 2. plural
(One is singular and many are plurals)
Examples:
Singular Plural
one word many words
one country many countries
one desert many deserts
one mountain many mountains
one road many roads
one story many stories
one book many books
one finger many fingers
one man many men
one boy many boys
one computer many computers
one garden many gardens
one ball many balls
one compass many compasses
one iron many irons
one colour many colours
one manner many manners
one moral many morals
one number many numbers
Singular Plural
Pain pains
Premise premises
Quarter quarters
Spectacle spectacles
Letter letters
Ground grounds
Light lights
Powder powders
Brother brothers
cloth clothes
commander commanders
son sons
daughter daughters
servant servants
2. Uncountable nouns-
Some common nouns stands for something that cannot be counted as one, two,, three, four, they are uncountable nouns.
They may be measured in units like gram, liter, metre. Etc..
Example:
hair
sky
fire
water
milk
distance
Weight
air …etc.
Common nouns can be classified in one more way
Concrete nouns and Abstract nouns.
- Concrete nouns stand for things that you can actually touch or see.
examples:
book
home
card
butterfly
Child
crowd
sun
teacher
boys
Computers
chair
table
fan
Door
car
Road
ground
Prince
- Abstract nouns stand for ideas, qualities, feelings, actions etc,..
Examples:
time
unity
Progress
Life
happiness
childhood
moment
mathematics
language
motion
surprise
fun
joy
kindness
sadness
peace
truth
believe etc…