Nouns in English Grammar with examples

The structure of English nouns

By morphological composition, nouns can be divided into simple, derivative, and compound.

Simple nouns

consist of one root:

Derived nouns/derivatives

are composed of a root and one or more morphemes (prefixes or suffixes):

Nouns are characterized by such suffixes as –ant / -ent, -dom, -er / -or / -ar, -hood, -ion, -ity, -ment, -ness, -ship .

Compound nouns

consist of at least two roots:

Classification of nouns in English

Nouns are divided into proper and common nouns.

1-Proper names

(proper nouns) represent one-of-a-kind items or objects allocated from the general class:

1.1 geographic names, nationalities, and languages

1.3 names of months and days of the week

1.4 names of celestial bodies

1.5 names of ships, hotels, clubs

1.6 names of holidays

1.7 names of buildings, streets, parks, bridges

1.8 institutions, organizations, printed publications

2 Common nouns

(common nouns) – this is the general name for all similar items:

3 countable

which can be counted and are plural:

4 uncountable

which cannot be counted and are not plural:

5 collective

have the form of a singular, but at the same time denote a group of persons or concepts, considered as a whole:

Some English nouns in different meanings can be both countable and uncountable:

6 concrete

The names of individual objects and living beings:

7 abstract

the names of concepts:

Nouns in English Grammar with examples