## Discovering Grammar 1 

## IDENTIFYING NOUNS 

Nouns are the names of things, places or people. There are four types of noun: concrete, proper, collective and abstract. 

## Looking at concrete or common nouns 

A concrete noun is a physical thing – usually something you can see or touch: 

apple cat diary garage 

## Using proper nouns 

key lake needle orange 

queen ranch soldier tin 

umbrella volunteer watch zoo 

A proper noun always begins with a capital letter. It is the name of a person, a place or an institution: 

Alistair Bob Christopher Dale 

## Discovering collective nouns 

Ben Nevis England Guildford River Thames 

Buckingham Palace The British Museum Hampton Court The Royal Navy 

A collective noun refers to a group of objects, animals or people. It is a singular word but most collective nouns can be made plural. Here are a few examples: 

