Nouns

Dear all,

Nouns name people, places, and things. One class of nouns is concrete. You can experience this group of nouns with your five senses. You can see them. 

Ice cream, for example, is a concrete noun. You can see the colour. You can taste the flavour. You can feel your tongue growing numb from the cold. Any noun that you can experience with at least one of your five senses is a concrete noun.

A second class of nouns is abstract. They cannot be seen directly. 

Disapproval is an example of an abstract noun. What color is disapproval? You don't know because you cannot see it. What texture is disapproval? Who knows? You cannot touch it. What flavor is disapproval? No clue! You cannot taste it! Does it make a sound? Of course not! Does it smell? Not a bit!

The changing of adjectives to nouns is also important. 

Adjective                    Nouns
sad                               sadness
happy                          happiness
angry                           anger
worried                       worry
amused                       amusement 
thoughtful                  thoughtfulness
sincere                        sincerity 

Regards,
Mr Nelson Ong