| A | B |
| Common noun | a general name for a person, place, thing, or idea |
| proper noun | name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea |
| concrete noun | names an ovject that can be seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted |
| abstract noun | names something that cannot be percived throught the senses |
| collective nouns | a collection of nouns uses a singular word |
| Compound noun | two words put together to form a noun |
| singular nouns | nouns that name one person, place, thing, or idea |
| plural nouns | nouns that name more than one person, place, thing, or idea |
| possessive noun | noun showing ownership or belonging (use apostrophe) |
| singular nouns | put apostrophe at end of word, add an "s" |
| plurals | plural word ends in "s" add apostrophe after s |
| plural words not ending in s | add 's |
| city (common or proper) | common |
| Onalaska (common or proper) | proper |
| perfume (abstract or concrete) | concrete |
| truth (abstract or concrete) | abstract |
| make baby plural | babies |
| make leaf plural | leaves |
| make march plural | marches |
| make stereo plural | stereos |
| a noun may act as a.... | subject, a direct object, and indirect object, or a predicate nominative |