| A | B |
| common noun | names any person,place, thing, or idea |
| proper noun | names a specific person, place, thing, or idea |
| abstract noun | names an idea, quality, or feeling that cannot be touched or seen |
| concrete noun | names a thing that you can see or touch |
| compound noun | a noun made up of two or more words |
| possessive noun | names who or what owns or has something |
| plural noun | names more than one person, place, thing, or idea |
| singular noun | names one person, place, thing, or idea |
| collective noun | names a group of individuals |
| appositive | a noun placed next to another noun to identify it or add information about it |
| appositive phrase | a group of words that includes an appositive and other words that describe the appositive |