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*A noun is a part of speech typically denoting a person, place, thing, animal, or idea. Examples | * The cat sat on the mat. * Please hand in your assignments by the end of the week. * Cleanliness is next to godliness. * Plato was an influential philosopher in ancient Greece. * Please complete this assignment with black or blue pen only, and keep your eyes on your own paper.A noun can co-occur with an article or an attributive adjective. Verbs and adjectives can't. In the following, an asterisk (*) in front of an example means that this example is ungrammatical. 1. the name (name is a noun: can co-occur with a definite article the.) 2. *the baptise (baptise is a verb: cannot co-occur with a definite article.) 3. constant circulation (circulation is a noun: can co-occur with the attributive adjective constant.) 4. *constant circulate (circulate is a verb: cannot co-occur with the attributive adjective constant.) 5. a fright (fright is a noun: can co-occur with the indefinite article a.) 6. *an afraid (afraid is an adjective: cannot co-occur with the article a.) 7. terrible fright (The noun fright can co-occur with the adjective terrible.) 8. *terrible afraid (The adjective afraid cannot co-occur with the adjective terrible.) | 1. Noun: a part of speech inflected for case, signifying a concrete or abstract entity 2. Verb: a part of speech without case inflection, but inflected for tense, person and number, signifying an activity or process performed or undergone 3. Participle: a part of speech sharing the features of the verb and the noun 4. Interjection: a part of speech expressing emotion alone 5. Pronoun: a part of speech substitutable for a noun and marked for a person 6. Preposition: a part of speech placed before other words in composition and in syntax 7. Adverb: a part of speech without inflection, in modification of or in addition to a verb, adjective, clause, sentence, or other adverb 8.