This handout is available for download in DOCX format and PDF format. Nominalizations are nouns that are created from adjectives (words that describe nouns) or verbs (action words). For example, ...

And I love sleeping in my bed. Bed! That’s also a common noun! (yawns) There are two types of nouns - common nouns and proper nouns. Common nouns are the names of things (places or objects).

These are also called uncountable nouns or noncount nouns. The phrases “water,” “rice,” and “literature” at first seem like they should be plural. If we said “bowls of carrots” or “different types of ...