San José State University
Nouns: The Basics
Need to work on nouns with your class? This handout breaks down nouns and provides twelve sentences for noun identification practice. Help English language learners recognize nouns with the examples given on this handout.
Deer Valley Unified School District
Close Reading: Analyzing Mood and Tone
The AP Literature and Composition exam is all about close reading. Test takers are presented with a passage and asked to analyze how an author uses literary devices to create a desired effect. Prepare your students for the exam with a...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Abstract Nouns
The composition of a noun is more than just a person, place or thing. Use this resource to study examples of nouns and their many uses.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Abstract Nouns
This page explains that an abstract noun is not identifiable by any of the five senses and provides examples.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Abstract Noun
Notes and examples of abstract and concrete nouns.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Concrete Noun
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a concrete noun in the context of a sentence.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Nouns
This page focuses on nouns including definitions, types of nouns (person, place, thing/idea), common vs proper nouns, types of common nouns (concrete, abstract, collective), nouns as subjects, nouns as objects, nouns as subjective and...
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Concrete Nouns
This Grammarly Handbook resource provides a definition for concrete nouns. Examples of concrete nouns in the context of sentences are provided.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Noun
This "grammar with attitude" site provides an easy-to-understand explanation of what nouns are, how they work in a sentence and how they can be classified.