1. Nouns
A word that names a person, place, animal, thing, or idea/quality/emotion
common, proper, concrete, abstract, collective, compound, general, specific count noun, mass noun(uncountable)

2. Concrete & Abstract Nouns
A concrete noun can be common or proper as it names things than can be physically seen, touched, tasted, heard, or smelled.
An abstract noun can be common or proper as it names qualities, conditions, actions, or ideas that are not tangible or that cannot be easily perceived through any of the five senses.

4. Categories of Nouns
Count nouns can be counted in numbers and are concrete.
Mass (non-count) nouns cannot be counted, often because they are abstract

5. Count and Non-count Nouns
Non-count noun has no plural form
Count noun does have a plural form
Kinds of non-count nouns:
Words that refer to a whole group of things or particles of things (furniture, sugar, coffee, flour, clothing, rice, corn, dirt, salt)
Abstract nouns (emotions, feelings, love, luck, anger)
See pg. 110 in textbook for more examples

6. Words before count & non-count nouns
Count (how many)
Non-count (how much)
A, a, one, two, three, four, etc.
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Each, every
Both, a couple of, a few, several, many
A little, much
No, some, a lot, most, all
No, some, a lot, most all

7. Count vs. Mass Nouns Count Nouns Mass Nouns I would love some coffee.
She had many experiences
The lights were bright.
I found a hair in my soup.
Give me three coffees.
Mass Nouns
I would love some coffee.
Put a little sugar in my iced tea.
We wrote on a lot of paper.