The meaning of an English noun is a word used to express the name of a person or thing.
1. According to the composition of nouns, they can be divided into: simple nouns and compound nouns. Simple nouns are nouns composed of one word, and compound nouns are nouns composed of two or more words.
2. According to meaning, nouns can be divided into: proper nouns and common nouns. Proper nouns specifically refer to the names of people or things, and the first letter must be capitalized. Common nouns generally refer to a certain type of person or thing. The same name for something. Common nouns can be divided into four types: individual nouns, collective nouns, material nouns and abstract nouns.
3. According to countability, nouns can be divided into: countable nouns and uncountable nouns. Countable nouns have both singular and plural forms; uncountable nouns have no plural form. Both material nouns and abstract nouns are uncountable nouns.
Common nouns
The names of certain people, certain types of things, certain substances or abstract concepts. For example: teacher, tea, reform.
Common nouns can be further divided into five categories:
(1) Individual Nouns: Indicate individual people and things. Such as car (car), room (room), fan (fan), photo (photo)
(2) Collective nouns (Collective Nouns): the name of a group of people or things. Such as people (people), family (family), army (military), government (government), group (group)
(3) Compound Nouns: two or more nouns connected nouns formed together. Such as passerby (passerby), brother-in-law (brother-in-law)
(4) Material Nouns: Indicates substances or substances that do not have a definite shape and size. Such as fire (fire), steel (steel), air (air), water (water), milk (milk)
(5) Abstract Nouns: Indicates action, state, quality or other abstraction. Such as labor (labor), health (health), life (life), friendship (friendship), patience (endurance)