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.

Overview of nouns and rules for use. Contains information on forming plurals, count and noncount, pronouns, numerals as nouns, and gender. Exercises interspersed in material.

This slideshow lesson focuses on noun clauses including defining them, providing a list of words that introduce them, and discussing each of the five roles they can play in sentences with examples. The five roles of noun clauses are...

This University College London site explains how to tell whether a word in the adjective position is an adjective or part of the noun. Includes follow-up exercise.

Can you tell the difference between a singular and plural noun? Take this Khan Academy quiz to find out! Included are hints if you are stuck on a question.

This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with count and noncount nouns.

This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with count and noncount nouns, particularly articles.

This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice related to quantity terms when they appear with count and noncount nouns.

This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with count and noncount 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...

An exercise in identifying nouns by clicking on those appearing in a paragraph. Answers explained and link to more information provided. Browser must be enabled to JavaScript. Netscape browser recommended.

This Grammarly Handbook resource provides a definition for concrete nouns. Examples of concrete nouns in the context of sentences are provided.

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.

This Grammarly Handbook resource clarifies the difference between countable and uncountable nouns. Examples of countable and uncountable nouns are provided.

This Grammarly Handbook resource clarifies the difference in usage between countable and uncountable nouns in sentences. Numerous examples are provided in this resource.

This slideshow focuses on the rules for capitalizing proper nouns. It defines proper nouns and lists rules for capitalizing family relationships, names, titles, derivatives of proper nouns, months, holidays, countries, and languages.

This activity 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...

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.

While plural nouns often indicate more than one of something with a simple "s" or "es," irregular plural nouns do not. They change the word entirely. Elf becomes elves, tooth becomes teeth! [0:45]

Distinguish singular and plural nouns from one another!

This video lesson focuses on removing nominalizations (long nouns made by adding suffixes to verbs, nouns, and adjectives) from your writing to make your sentences live instead of being a part of the living dead. Nominalizations impede...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Teachers will find several worksheets for primary, elementary and middle school students identifying the role a noun or pronoun plays, collective nouns, diminutives, as well as definitions and...

An explanation with examples of noun strings.

An explanation with examples of plural nouns and the spelling rules involved in pluralizing a noun.