What is a Noun?
In its simplest sense, a noun is a word, or a group of words, which names a person, an animal, a thing, a place, an event, an idea or a concept.
Iraq has a great civilizations.
A noun is often called a noun phrase. A noun phrase can be a single-word noun: Teachers love their pupils. (noun phrase: teacher) But a noun phrase is usually longer than a single word because it consists of an adjective or a determiner plus a noun. A good teacher loves his pupils. (noun phrase: a good teacher)
Kinds of Nouns
1- A common noun names any one of a group of persons, places, things, or ideas.
2-A proper noun names a particular person, place, thing, or idea.
COMMON stories
PROPER University of Babilon
3-A concrete noun names a person, place, or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell).
4-An abstract noun names an idea, a feeling, a quality, or a characteristic.
CONCRETE money, sugar, milk ,book
ABSTRACT generosity ,beauty, sweetness, childhood, love
5-A collective noun is a word that names a group. For ex, flock, crew, furniture .
6- A compound noun is made up of two or more words used together as a single noun. For ex, baseball, World Series