Nouns in the English language explained with an exercise.
Nouns in the English Language
Common Nouns
Nouns are divided into common nouns and proper nouns. Common nouns are words for people, animals, places, or things. These are words for people. They are common nouns:
actor lawyer aunt judge baby man baker nurse cook police officer dentist singer doctor soldier giant teacher
These are words for animals. They are common nouns:
eagle zebra deer bird crocodile bear
These are words for places. They are common nouns:
Collective nouns are words for groups of people, animals or things. These are nouns for groups of people:
an audience/ a gang/a band /a group/a choir/ a team/a class/ a family/ an orchestra
Here are more collective nouns that are used for groups of people, animals or things.:
a bunch of keys/a class of pupils/a collection of books/a deck of cards a fleet of ships/a flock of sheep/a gaggle of geese/a gang of robbers a herd of cattle/a litter of cubs/a pod of whales/a pack of wolves a pride of lions/a set of stamps/a swarm of bees/a troupe of actors
a school of fish
Here are more collective nouns that are used for groups of people, animals or things:
a bunch of keys/a class of pupils/a collection of books/a deck of cards a fleet of ships/a flock of sheep/a gaggle of geese/a gang of robbers a herd of cattle/a litter of cubs/a pod of whales/a pack of wolves a pride of lions/a set of stamps/a swarm of bees/a troupe of actors
a school of fish
Masculine and Feminine Nouns
Masculine nouns are words for men and boys, and male animals. Feminine nouns are words for women and girls, and female animals:
boy girl/man woman/prince princess/steward stewardess/waiter waitress
king queen/rooster hen/lion lioness
Many nouns are used for both males and females. We call these nouns common-gender nouns: