Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: What Is a Generic Noun?
This page discusses generic nouns, non-specific nouns such as in "a gang of boys," as compared to collective nouns such as "a pride of lions." Several examples of generic noun usage are provided.
Other
Spanish in Texas: Spanish Grammar in Context Introduction to Nouns
Students can listen to a video interview [02:56] with a native Spanish speaker who is from El Salvador and is living in America. This interview, conducted in Spanish, explains what she does to keep her traditions alive while living in...
Scholastic
Scholastic: When Grammar Meets Art
Grammar lessons that involve kinesthetic games and art projects. Here is a lesson plan for teaching types of nouns through a partner exploration and a whole class art project. Let me show you just how fun grammar can be!
University of Manchester
Children's University of Manchester: What Are Nouns?
In these interactive lessons you can learn all about different types of nouns including common, proper, concrete, abstract, count, non-count, and collective. Then play a noun game and take a quiz to show what you have learned.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Count and Non Count Nouns
This lesson focuses on count and non-count nouns; these refer to things that can be counted like dogs or trees, or things that cannot be counted like water or sand. It discusses what words can be used with count nouns, others that can be...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Grammar: Sentence Components
This lesson focuses on sentence components. It provides a slideshow with each of the eight parts of speech plus articles; it defines each and gives examples using them in sentences. It also offers the lyrics to "The Grammar Song" in...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Nominalizations
This tutorial begins with a slide show which defines nominalizations; gives examples of adjectives and adverbs changed into nouns, gerunds, and infinitives. Practice with simplifying nominalizations is provided. It also offers a YouTube...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Parts of Speech
This tutorial focuses on the parts of speech using 6 slideshow presentations. The first lists the 8 parts of speech and their functions; the next five discuss nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and conjunctions individually. These...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Parts of Speech
This tutorial focuses on the parts of speech; it provides 6 short slideshows: the first is an overview of parts of speech, the other 5 are for each of the following parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and conjunctions;...
The Tongue Untied
The Tongue Untied: Nouns
Defines the many rules that govern the use of nouns, including their use as subjects, and the requirements for agreement; predicate nominatives; four types of objects (direct object, indirect object, object of preposition, and object of...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Adjectives
This screencast lesson focuses on adjectives including definition, what they do in a sentence, why they are important, and examples. Real Player is required.
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Nouns
This Skillswise site focuses on nouns. Included are a video about why it is important to be able to identify nouns, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, and quizzes on the information presented. The Skillswise sites from BBC are...
Other
Ef Education First: English Grammar: Nouns
Touches on gender, plurals, countable and uncountable nouns, compound nouns, proper nouns, and nationalities.
University of Ottawa (Canada)
Hyper Grammar: The Parts of Speech
This grammar tutorial site offers a thorough discussion of the various parts of speech.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Count and Non Count Nouns
This is a printable handout covering countable and uncountable nouns used with plurals, articles, and quantity words. Exercises and corrections can also be printed for use in class.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Grammar: Nouns
This lesson focuses on nouns including noun functions, singular and plural nouns, types of nouns, irregular plural rules, and practice activities. It also provides two videos: "Introduction to nouns | The parts of speech | Grammar" and...
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Parts of Speech in Sentences: The Order of Operations
In this comprehensiv learning module students identify the parts of speech by following a certain order until each word in a sentence is labeled. In a variety of exercises, learners practice finding verbs, prepositional phrases,...
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Special Nouns Practice
In this practice execise, students will identify nouns referring to qualities, ideas, and emotions.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Nouns: Count and Noncount
In this interactive lesson, learners study examples of nouns that can be counted and nouns that cannot. They then identify whether a word is a "count" or a "noncount" noun in a practice exercise.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Meet the Preposition With Pictures
Choose the common and proper nouns in each sentence in this seven-question quiz.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Grammar Gorillas
An interactive game that tests players' ability to identify parts of speech. Beginners can test their understanding of nouns and verbs only; advanced players must identify all parts of speech.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Adjectives and Adverbs
This tutorial explores the difference between adjectives and adverbs so you can use them properly.
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Noun and Pronoun Grammar Blast
Discover more about nouns and pronouns when you visit this "Grammar Blast," activity. Students have an opportunity to play a game while improving their grammar skills.