Inc. All rights reserved. Speech - Nouns A noun is a word that names a person, place or thing. It also one of the eight parts of speech.
Nouns often follow words like a, an, and the.
Pick out all the nouns in these sentences. The teacher told the student that a person should always be loyal. People with perseverance will be successful in life. I bought a new pen at the drugstore across the street. The man said to the policeman that he had not seen the accident.