Not FIVE but 13 kinds of noun in English language (Research done by Sahil sharifdin English)

Crash course in English language
Part 9

Topic : 13 Kinds of noun in English language?

<Research done by sahil sharifdin English >

There are 13 kinds of noun in English language, according to my knowledge :
1.  Common noun : It refers to the name of any person, place or thing;  girl, dog, man, book, day etc

2.  Proper noun : It refers to the name of an individual person, place or thing ; eg Mansha, Moti, Abdul, Quran, Sunday etc

* common noun         proper noun
Girl                               Mansha
Dog                              Moti
Man                             Abdul
Book                            Quran
Day                              Sunday

3. Material noun: It refers to the name of a substance of which things are made ; eg iron, copper, steel, gold, coal, silver, rice, wheat, milk, water, tea, sugar, rock, sunlight, rain, earth, salt,egg, meat, honey, silk, leather, wool,
cotton, food, oil, wood, jute, coffee, medicine, tea, rubber, perfume etc

4. Collective noun: It refers to the name of a collection or group of people or things  and it takes a SINGULAR verb; eg class, team, government, jury, federation, herd, crowd, army, police etc
The jury is well experienced.
The team is strong.
The class is making noise.

5. Multitude noun : It refers to the name of a collection or group of people or things  but  it takes a PLURAL verb; eg class, team, government, jury, federation, herd, crowd, army, police
The jury are dwelling on the matter.
The team are falling apart.
The class have been divided into three sections.

The police ARE coming. (Multitude Noun)
The police IS coming. (Collective Noun)

6. Abstract noun : It refers to the name of a person, place, thing, quality, state or concept of which we can only THINK of  but can't touch ; God, Angel, spirit, Hell, Heaven, Hoor, truth, love, anger honesty, cleverness, poverty, youth, joy, health, laughter, movement, flight, sweetness, beauty, hatred, fear etc

7. Countable noun: It refers to the name of nouns that can be counted ; eg  one PEN , two pens, three pens
One GUN , two guns, three guns
One HOME , two homes, three homes

8. Uncountable noun/mass noun : It refers to the name of nouns that CAN NOT be counted ; water, milk, ink, sugar, salt, butter etc

9. Compound noun: It refers to the noun that is composed of more than one words. A compound noun can be hyphenated, open or closed ; eg
Hyphenated compound nouns
woman-hater,
in-laws,
father-in-law,
boy-friend,
passer-by,
five-year-plan,
six-month-old baby,
ten-rupee note
Bird-of-prey
English-language learners
part-time teacher,
Five-yard-distance
Fire-resistant car
Short-term loan
Good-looking man
Blue-grey shirt
Second-rate item

Open compound nouns
fountain pen,
coffee mug,
living room,
full moon,
real estate,
dinner table,
High school
Ice cream
Police officer
Post office
Root word
Cell phone
Video game
Cell membrane
Vice president
Swimming pool
Peanut butter
Web page
Bus driver

Closed compound nouns
notebook
Superman
waistcoat
bookstore
fireman
Campfire
Snowball
Earthworm
Popcorn
Necktie
Seafood
Skydiving
Textbook
Thunderstorm
Toothbrush
Underwear
Underworld
Bathroom
Housekeeper
Eyeball
Football
Birthday
Midseason

10. Concrete noun :
It refers to nouns that can be touched.  eg pen, book, milk, sugar, gun, man, woman, bottle, bench, dumbbell, car, temple, mosque, money etc

*concrete noun        Abstract noun
Sugar                         sweetness
Book                         knowledge
Gun                          death
Man                         manhood
Car                           journey
Temple                    worship
Money                   richness

11. Abbreviated noun: It refers to nouns that have been shortened or abbreviated over time  for easy use ;eg
Photo /photograph,
pic/picture,
bro/brother,
dad/daddy,
doc/doctor,
dynamo / Dynamo-electric-machine,
kilo/kilograms,
Laboratory/  Lab
Rehabilitation= “rehab”
University= “uni”
Vegetables / veggies
Vegetarian / veg
influenza/ flu
advertisement/ ad
weblog/ blog
rhinoceros/ Rhino
television/ telly, TV
bicycle/ bike
Principal / Princi 

12. LAD noun : It refers to Letters, abbreviations, acronyms and digits that are used as nouns. Eg
A B C D E...
Plural letters : A's, B's, C's, D's
I like A's.
The baby learnt A.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,...
Plural digits : 1's, 2's, 3's, 4's
3 is a lucky number.
10 is my favourite number.

MA, Msc, PG, MBBS, BA, WHO, OIC, UNO, PWD, Phd...
Plural acronym : MA's, MSc's, PG's
She is a PG.
He is doing Ph.D.

13. Substitute noun: It refers to a  group of words that replace a noun/pronoun in a sentence ; eg
I love swimming. (swimming is noun)
I love {taking off my clothes, jumping into water and then striking water with my limbs} . (words in long brackets replace noun)

I love sleep.
I love {lying flat on bed with my eyes closed} .

Sahil  is a teacher.
{That guy over there wearing blue shirt and white jeans} is a teacher.

A noun can belong to more than one kinds mentioned above. However, the correct context will tell you of its correct kind.
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