How many types of nouns are there?

A noun as commonly known, is use to identify people, place or thing. They are 5 types of noun. This include common noun, proper noun, abstract noun, concrete noun and collective noun.

Common nouns - refer to people, things or places in general terms examples are: city, man and country.
Proper nouns - refer to a specific person,place or thing. Examples: Mary and Atlanta.

Abstract nouns - refer to things that cannot be perceived, seen or touched. Examples: ideas, emotions, traits like- joy and love.

Concrete nouns- refers to things you can touch, see, hear or smell. Examples: House and coffee.
Collective nouns - are use to refer to things or people in groups. Examples: team, staff and crew.

By listening to your grade school teachers, you may believe a noun is just a person, place, or thing. While this is true to an extent, it doesn't cover everything you need to know. Common nouns are what your teacher would have been referring to: car, girl, toaster, chair. If you notice, none of those were plural and that's because plural nouns are a bit different. With many, you can simply add an '-s' but for others, you may have to add an '-es' or change the spelling of the word.

Proper nouns designate a specific noun—the name of a person, place, or thing: Betsy, Greece, or Chevy. Possessive nouns show the noun's ownership of something else. Sarah's car would be the correct for one noun showing possession while an airplanes' wings would be plural possessive. Finally, collective nouns describe a group of something like the team or family.