What are the different kinds of common nouns?

Common nouns can be:

• singular nouns (friend, island, book)
• plural nouns (friends, islands, books)
• concrete nouns (Apple, boy, car)
• abstract nouns (attitude, belief, courage)
• count nouns (dog, dogs; egg, eggs; flower, flowers)
• non-count (mass) nouns (oxygen, knowledge, concrete)
• possessive nouns (the book's cover; the car'stire; the man's shoes)
• collective nouns (a crowd of peope; a flockof birds; a bouquet of flowers)
• compound nouns (Baseball; hot dog; six-pack)
• gerund (skiing, fishing, dancing)
• material nouns (leather, steel, wool)
• attributive nouns (almond cookies; house pet; flower garden)