Kinds of nouns
A noun is a word used as the name of a person, place or thing.
Proper nouns
A proper noun is the name of some particular person or place. Proper nouns are always written with a capital letter at the beginning.
Persons: William Shakespeare, John Milton, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Parakramabahu, Oliver Twist, Daniel Defoe, Narendra Modi, Abdul Kalaam
Places: London, New York, Tokyo, Colombo, Japan, England, India, Anuradhapura, Kandy, Galle, New Delhi, Korea, Taiwan, Moscow
Common nouns
A common noun is a name given in common to every person or thing of the same class or kind.
Teacher, child, doctor, farmer, policeman, thief, judge, baby, man, woman, girl
Collective nouns
A collective noun is the name of a number of persons or things taken together and spoken as one whole. There are many collective nouns in English. Here are some of them:
An album of photographs
An album of stamps
An anthology of poems
An army of soldiers
A bale of cotton
A bale of wool
A ball of string
A band of musicians
A bar of chocolate
A bar of soap
A bench of bishops
A bench of magistrates
A bevy of ladies
A board of directors
A block of flats
A box of matches
A brood of chickens
A bunch of grapes
A bunch of keys
A bunch of bananas
A bundle of rags
A bundle of clothes
A bundle of firewood
A bundle of sticks
A bouquet of flowers
A chain of events
A chain of mountains
A chest of drawers
A choir of singers
A class of scholars
A class of students
A clump of trees
A clump of bushes
A cluster of diamonds
A cluster of stars
A clutch of eggs
A collection of pictures
A collection of antiques
A collection of books
A collection of coins
A comb of bananas
A company of actors
A constellation of stars
A crate of crockery
A crate of fruit
A crew of sailors
A fleet of cars
A fleet of ships
A flight of steps
A flight of planes
A flock of birds
A flock of sheep
A forest of trees
A gaggle of geese
A galaxy of stars
A gang of labourers
A gang of thieves
A group of islands
A group of people
A group of friends
A grove of trees
A hail of fire
A hail of abuse
A hail of arrows
A hail of bullets
A heap of stones
A heap of rubbish
A heap of sand
A hedge of bushes
A herd of buffaloes
A herd of cattle
A host of angels
A library of books
A line of clothes
A litter of cubs
A litter of pups
A mass of ruins
A nest of rabbits
A pack of cards
A pack of lies
A pack of wolves
A plague of insects
A plague of locusts
A pride of lions
A school of whales
A shoal of herring
A staff of servants
A staff of teachers
A stud of horses
A swarm of bees
A team of horses
A team of players
A troop of monkeys
A troupe of dancers
A pack of cards
A peal of bells
A rope of pearls
A set of tools
A sheaf of corn
A stack of hay
A string of beads
A suit of clothes
A suite of furniture
A tuft of grass
A kindle of kittens
A leap of leopards
A muster of peacocks
A nest of mice
A paddling of ducks
A range of goods
A range of mountains
A range of products
A reel of cotton
A rope of pearls
A row of seats
A sea of troubles
A series of events
A sheaf of arrows
A sheaf of corn
A sheaf of paper
A skein of silk
A sloth of bears
A string of beads
A string of horses
A tribe of goats
A truss of hay
A watch of nightingales
