Nouns

1) What is a Noun ?
Usually refers to Common Noun.
A noun is the name of something.
A noun is used to identify a person, place, object or idea.
Eg: I heard a "scream".

2) Can Nouns be plural
Yes. Nouns can be singular or plural.

3) How many different types of Nouns are there ?
Common Noun - Abstract - (singular and plural) ideas, feelings or concepts
Eg: dream, love, peace, friendship, power, success
Common Noun - Concrete - (singular and plural) generic name for a person, place or thing
Eg: mum, brother, chair, table, hat
Proper Noun - (singular and plural) specific person, place or thing (they always start with a capital letter)
Eg: London, Stephen, Mum
Collective Noun - names for groups of people or things
Eg: family, team, crowd, flock, pack, audience

4) What is a Pronoun ?
These are words that can replace nouns, more general (he, she, it, they)
They can be used to avoid you repeating a noun over and over ("the boy" or "the ball").
Eg: The boy found the ball and he kicked (it).
Eg: That is Lisa's brother. (He) is older than (her).

5) What is the difference between a Proper Noun and a Pronoun ?
Proper Noun - very specific
Pronoun - general, less specific

6) How many different types of Pronouns are there ?
Personal - (them, we, they, you, it, he, she) - used when writing about ourselves or others
Possessive - (our, mine, his, hers, theirs) - tells us who owns something
Relative - (that, which, who)
Reflexive - (myself, yourself, himself, ourselves) - used to refer back to something that has already been mentioned
Interrogative - (which, whose, whom, what, who)
Indefinite - (somebody, nobody, something, nothing, each)

7) Can you give an example of a sentence that contains a relative pronoun ?
Eg: David did not like the painter (who) won the competition.

8) Can you give an example of a sentence that contains more than one possessive pronoun ?
David didn't have a scooter so (he) borrowed (hers).