List of Nouns

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of nouns, and 15 additional compete lists of grammar terms.

Using a list of nouns when children are beginning to read is helpful in

making teaching easier. Nouns are one of the first parts of speech that
children learn when they begin to read. Use the following list of nouns for
each age group to help your child learn about the ideas things, people and
places that surround them. Scroll down for lists by grade level and age.

Kinds of Nouns in the English

Language
Nouns have different types or classes. There are proper and common
nouns, noncount and count nounts, collective nouns, and concrete
and abstract nouns.

Even though there are different kinds of nouns, a noun can fall into more
than one class.

An example of this would be: Kathleen dated three different Davids in

college. Davids in that sentence would fall into the classes of proper, count
and concrete.

To further explain the kinds of nouns, you can use this guide and
remember that the lists of nouns below contain all of these types :
KINDS OF NOUNS

Proper Nouns and Common Nouns

Proper nouns are nouns that represent a unique entity (like a specific
person or a specific place).

Common nouns which describe an entire group of entities (examples would

be the nouns village or women).

Proper nouns as a general rule are capitalized in the English language.

Common nouns as a general rule are not capitalized.

Sometimes the same word can function as both a common noun and a
proper noun, where one such entity is special. For example the common
noun god refers to all deities, while the proper noun God specifically refers
to the monotheistic God.

Countable and Uncountable or Noncount Nouns

Countable nouns are common nouns that can become a plural. They can
combine with exact numbers (even one, as a singular) or indefinite
numbers (like "a" or "an").

Uncountable (or noncount) nouns are different from by the simple fact that
they can't become plural or combine with number words. Examples from
English include "indigestion" and "furniture".
Collective Nouns

Collective nouns name groups consisting of more than one individual or

entity. The group is a single unit, but it has more than one member.
Examples include "family", "committee", "corporation","faculty", "army", and
"school".

Concrete Nouns and Abstract Nouns

Concrete nouns refer to their ability to register on your five senses. If you
can see, hear, smell, taste, or feel the item, it's a concrete noun.

Abstract nouns on the other hand refer to abstract objects such as ideas or
concepts, like the nouns "politeness" or "hatefulness".

Possessive Nouns

A possessive noun is a noun that names who or what has something. The
possessive form is used with nouns referring to people, groups of people,
countries, and animals.

It also refers to where someone works or plays or spends their time.

Add an apostrophe and s ('s) to form the possessive of most singular

nouns (ex. Bob's jacket, the cat's tail, Steven King's books).

Add an apostrophe (') to form the possessive of plural nouns that end with
s (ex. retailers' stores, soldiers' weapons, Americans' banks).
Add an apostrophe and s ('s) to form the possessive of plural nouns that do
not end with s (ex. geese's nest, children's toys, women's dresses).

Common Nouns by Grade Level

Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th

ball apple alarm actor adv

bat arm animal airplane ang
bed banana aunt airport answ
book bike bait army app
boy bird balloon baseball arith
bun book bath beef bad
can chin bead birthday bask
cake clam beam boy bask
cap class bean brush batt
car clover bedroom bushes bea
cat club boot butter bee
cow corn bread cast beg
cub crayon brick cave brai
cup crow brother cent bran
dad crown camp cherries bub
day crowd chicken cherry buc
dog crib children cobweb cact
doll desk crook coil can
dust dime deer cracker catt
fan dirt dock dinner cele
feet dress doctor eggnog cell
girl fang downtown elbow clot
gun field drum face coa
hall flag dust fireman coa
hat flower eye flavor crat
hen fog family gate crea
jar game father glove dau
kite heat fight glue don
man hill flesh goldfish drug
map home food goose eart
men horn frog grain feas
mom hose goose hair fifth
pan joke grade haircut fing
pet juice grandfather hobbies floc
pie kite grandmother holiday fram
pig lake grape hot furn
pot maid grass jellyfish gee
rat mask hook ladybug gho
son mice horse mailbox gira
sun milk jail number gov
toe mint jam oatmeal hon
tub meal kiss pail hop
van meat kitten pancake hyd
moon light pear icic
mother loaf pest inco
morning lock popcorn isla
name lunch queen jean
nest lunchroom quicksand judg
nose meal quiet lace
pear mother quilt lam
pen notebook rainstorm lettu
pencil owl scarecrow mar
plant pail scarf mon
rain parent stream nort
river park street oce
road plot sugar patc
rock rabbit throne plan
room rake toothpaste play
rose robin twig pois
seed sack volleyball ridd
shape sail wood rifle
shoe scale wrench scal
shop sea seas
show sister shee
sink soap side
snail song skat
snake spark slav
snow space slee
soda spoon smo
sofa spot stag
star spy stat
step summer thri
stew tiger thro
stove toad thro
straw town title
string trail toot
summer tramp turk
swing tray und
table trick vac
tank trip veg
team uncle visi
tent vase voy
 test winter yea
toes water
tree week
vest wheel
water wish
wing wool
winter yard
woman zebra
women

List of Common Nouns for All Ages

A B C D

account babies cabbage dad

achiever baby cable daughter
acoustics back cactus day
act badge cake death
action bag cakes debt
activity bait calculator decision
actor balance calendar deer
addition ball camera degree
adjustment balloon camp design
advertisement balls can desire
advice banana cannon desk
aftermath band canvas destruction
afternoon base cap detail
afterthought baseball caption development
agreement basin car digestion
air basket card dime
airplane basketball care dinner
airport bat carpenter dinosaurs
alarm bath carriage direction
amount battle cars dirt
amusement bead cart discovery
anger beam cast discussion
angle bean cat disease
animal bear cats disgust
answer bears cattle distance
ant beast cause distribution
ants bed cave division
apparatus bedroom celery dock
apparel beds cellar doctor
apple bee cemetery dog
apples beef cent dogs
appliance beetle chain doll
approval beggar chair dolls
arch beginner chairs donkey
argument behavior chalk door
arithmetic belief chance downtown
arm believe change drain
army bell channel drawer
art bells cheese dress
attack berry cherries drink
attempt bike cherry driving
attention bikes chess drop
attraction bird chicken drug
aunt birds chickens drum
authority birth children duck
birthday chin ducks
bit church dust
bite circle
blade clam
blood class
blow clock
board clocks
boat cloth
boats cloud
body clouds
bomb clover
bone club
book coach
books coal
boot coast
border coat
bottle cobweb
boundary coil
box collar
boy color
boys comb
brain comfort
brake committee
branch company
brass comparison
bread competition
breakfast condition
breath connection
brick control
bridge cook
 brother copper
brothers copy
brush cord
bubble cork
bucket corn
building cough
bulb country
bun cover
burn cow
burst cows
bushes crack
business cracker
butter crate
button crayon
cream
creator
creature
credit
crib
crime
crook
crow
crowd
crown
crush
cry
cub
cup
current
curtain
curve
cushion

F G H I

face alley hair ice

fact game haircut icicle
fairies garden hall idea
fall gate hammer impulse
family geese hand income
fan ghost hands increase
fang giants harbor industry
farm giraffe harmony ink
farmer girl hat insect
father girls hate instrument
father glass head insurance
faucet glove health interest
fear glue hearing invention
feast goat heart iron
feather gold heat island
feeling goldfish help
feet good-bye hen
fiction goose hill
field government history
fifth governor hobbies
fight grade hole
finger grain holiday
finger grandfather home
fire grandmother honey
fireman grape hook
fish grass hope
flag grip horn
flame ground horse
flavor group horses
flesh growth hose
flight guide hospital
flock guitar hot
floor gun hour
flower house
flowers houses
fly humor
fog hydrant
fold
food
foot
force
fork
form
fowl
frame
friction
friend
friends
frog
frogs
front
fruit
fuel
furniture

K L M N
kettle laborer machine nail
key lace magic name
kick ladybug maid nation
kiss lake mailbox neck
kite lamp man need
kitten land manager needle
kittens language map nerve
kitty laugh marble nest
knee lawyer mark net
knife lead market news
knot leaf mask night
knowledge learning mass noise
leather match north
leg meal nose
legs measure note
letter meat notebook
letters meeting number
lettuce memory nut
level men
library metal
lift mice
light middle
limit milk
line mind
linen mine
lip minister
liquid mint
list minute
lizards mist
loaf mitten
lock mom
locket money
look monkey
loss month
love moon
low morning
lumber mother
lunch motion
lunchroom mountain
mouth
move
muscle
music

P Q R S
page quarter rabbit sack
pail quartz rabbits sail
pain queen rail salt
paint question railway sand
pan quicksand rain scale
pancake quiet rainstorm scarecrow
paper quill rake scarf
parcel quilt range scene
parent quince rat scent
park quiver rate school
part ray science
partner reaction scissors
party reading screw
passenger reason sea
paste receipt seashore
patch recess seat
payment record secretary
peace regret seed
pear relation selection
pen religion self
pencil representative sense
person request servant
pest respect shade
pet rest shake
pets reward shame
pickle rhythm shape
picture rice sheep
pie riddle sheet
pies rifle shelf
pig ring ship
pigs rings shirt
pin river shock
pipe road shoe
pizzas robin shoes
place rock shop
plane rod show
planes roll side
plant roof sidewalk
plantation room sign
plants root silk
plastic rose silver
plate route sink
play rub sister
playground rule sisters
pleasure run size
plot skate
plough skin
pocket skirt
point sky
poison slave
police sleep
polish sleet
pollution slip
popcorn slope
porter smash
position smell
pot smile
potato smoke
powder snail
power snails
price snake
print snakes
prison sneeze
process snow
produce soap
profit society
property sock
prose soda
protest sofa
pull son
pump song
punishment songs
purpose sort
push sound
soup
space
spade
spark
spiders
sponge
spoon
spot
spring
spy
square
squirrel
stage
stamp
star
start
statement
station
 steam
steel
stem
step
stew
stick
sticks
stitch
stocking
stomach
stone
stop
store
story
stove
stranger
straw
stream
street
stretch
string
structure
substance
sugar
suggestion
suit
summer
sun
support
surprise
sweater
swim
swing
system

U V W Y

umbrella vacation walk yak

uncle value wall yam
underwear van war yard
unit vase wash yarn
use vegetable waste year
veil watch yoke
vein water
verse wave
vessel waves
vest wax
view way
visitor wealth
voice weather
volcano week
volleyball weight
voyage wheel
whip
whistle
wilderness
wind
window
wine
wing
winter
wire
wish
woman
women
wood
wool
word
work
worm
wound
wren
wrench
wrist
writer
writing