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English Spring Week 5: Nouns
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Sunday, 12 March 2023 A noun names a person, animal, place or thing. Most nouns name dog, city, keys, or aunt there are 4 nouns that name a person, animal, place or thing Have a go at nouns powerpoint
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What did I help you do in your learning yesterday? What was her special job? Have a think... Raise your hand and tell the teacher. My name is Naomi Noun.
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WALT To Know and identify proper nouns. WILF I can say what is a proper noun. I can identify and give examples of proper nouns. I can use a proper noun in a sentence.
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What is a proper noun?
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Thinking Lets recall: What is a noun? A noun is a naming word. Nouns are used to identify people, places, objects, animals or ideas or feelings. There are several different types of nouns; we most commonly use ‘ common nouns’. So, what is a common noun? Common nouns are the general names for people, places, objects or animals. For example:
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But... Proper nouns are different in that they name specific places, objects or people. Other examples: Months of the year, days of the week, some religious events and brand names are also considered to be proper nouns. Sydney Roald Dahl London Eye A proper noun should always start with a capital letter.
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Let’s look at some examples. Look at the examples of common nouns and now see the examples of proper nouns given. Common NounProper Noun Boy/ girlJames/Lily countryEngland SchoolCypress Primary school. MonthJanuray LandmarkLondon bridge Day of the weekMonday cityManchester Animal (Cat)Fluffy restaurantJamie’s
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Now a quick practice Look at the examples of the common nouns and can you think of examples of proper nouns to match each common noun in the chart? Write these in your book: Common NounProper Noun Boy/ girl country School Month Landmark Day of the week city Animal (Cat) restaurant
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Now a quick practice Look at the examples of the proper nouns and can you think of examples of common nouns to match each proper noun in the chart? Write these in your book: Common NounProper Noun Usain Bolt Ferrari Three Little pigs Indian ocean Spiderman Englishstudyhere.com Lemonade Rich tea/Oreo Mount Everest
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Answers Look at the examples of the proper nouns and can you think of examples of common nouns to match each proper noun in the chart? Write these in your book: Common NounProper Noun ManUsain Bolt carFerrari Story book/MovieThree Little pigs OceanIndian ocean Movie/Story book/ ComicSpiderman WebsiteEnglishstudyhere.com drinkLemonade biscuitRich tea/Oreo mountainMount Everest
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Proper Noun Hunt Can you spot the missing capital letters for the proper nouns in Mr. Whoops’ First paragraph of his letter? 12 green lane, whoopsville, TX 76123 Dear mr. williams, I am writing to you to complain about my recent visit to your supermarket, costsavers, on thursday, january 12, 2017. After a recent vacation in europe (where I visited portugal, spain and italy), I came to your store to purchase some ingredients to make a mediterranean meal like the one I had eaten near the colosseum. Rewrite the 1 st paragraph and put in capital letters for the proper nouns.
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Proper Noun Hunt Answers Can you spot the missing capital letters for the proper nouns in Mr. Whoops’ First paragraph of his letter? 12 Green Lane, Whoopsville, TX 76123 Dear Mr. Williams, I am writing to you to complain about my recent visit to your supermarket, Costsavers, on Thursday, January 12, 2017. After a recent vacation in Europe (where I visited Portugal, Spain and Italy), I came to your store to purchase some ingredients to make a Mediterranean meal like the one I had eaten near the Colosseum. Rewrite the 1 st paragraph and put in capital letters for the proper nouns.
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Quiz Question 1 Which words are the proper nouns in the following sentences? a)On friday, I went to see my grandmother at her house. b)Last year, I celebrated thanksgiving at home. c)Over the weekend, we went to the movies in town to see the new movie by pixar.
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Quiz Question 2 If I say a common noun, can you name a more specific proper noun? e.g. cat - Garfield dinosaur - ? pop star - ? football team - ?
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Quiz Question 3 Can you spot all the proper nouns that need capital letters in this extract: marie and mark are twins, who live at 132 rosemary road in madison. Their birthday is in september. They love to visit bernie’s burger bar in their hometown of middleton. marie and mark are twins, who live at 132 rosemary road in madison. Their birthday is in september. They love to visit bernie’s burger Bar in their hometown of middleton.
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Answer Quiz 3 Can you spot all the proper nouns that need capital letters in this extract: marie and mark are twins, who live at 132 rosemary road in madison. Their birthday is in september. They love to visit bernie’s burger bar in their hometown of middleton. Marie and Mark are twins, who live at 132 Rosemary road in Madison. Their birthday is in September. They love to visit Bernie’s Burger Bar in their hometown of Middleton.
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Let’s Play! Do you think you could shout out a proper noun for each letter of the alphabet before you run out of time? It might be a person’s name, a country, a landmark, a city or town, a month or day, an event or a brand name. You must think quickly! BCDEFHIJKLMNGOPQRSTUVWXYZA
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Well done! You did a Fantastic Job.
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Have a go at common nouns powerpoint.
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Types of Nouns: Common & Proper Nouns Project LA Activity
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Common Nouns Common Nouns are any person, place, or thing. Common nouns are not capitalized. –The city –A policeman –That newspaper
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Proper Nouns Common Nouns are the name of a special person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are capitalized. –Dallas –Officer Walker –New York Times
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Tell if the underlined noun is common or proper. Click the noun to check your answer. Mary visited the school last Friday.Mary schoolFriday Next Sentence
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Common Noun It is not capitalized and names any person, place, or thing.
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Proper Noun It is capitalized and names a special person, place, or thing.
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Tell if the underlined noun is common or proper. Click the noun to check your answer. The President rode in a limousine.President limousine Next Sentence
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Common Noun It is not capitalized and names any person, place, or thing.
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Proper Noun It is capitalized and names a special person, place, or thing.
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Tell if the underlined noun is common or proper. Click the noun to check your answer. The elephants and monkeys were at the San Francisco Zoo.elephants monkeys San Francisco Zoo Next Sentence
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Common Noun It is not capitalized and names any person, place, or thing.
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Proper Noun It is capitalized and names a special person, place, or thing.
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Tell if the underlined noun is common or proper. Click the noun to check your answer. All of Amy’s paper is missing from her notebook.Amy’s paper notebook Next Sentence
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Common Noun It is not capitalized and names any person, place, or thing.
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Proper Noun It is capitalized and names a special person, place, or thing.
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Write this sentence correctly. Remember to capitalize proper nouns. My parents joined grover church last sunday.
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Write this sentence correctly. Remember to capitalize proper nouns. GC SMy parents joined Grover Church last Sunday.
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Write this sentence correctly. Remember to capitalize proper nouns. Uncle rob used to live in orlando, florida.
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Write this sentence correctly. Remember to capitalize proper nouns. R O FUncle Rob used to live in Orlando, Florida.
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Write this sentence correctly. Remember to capitalize proper nouns. We heard the govenor’s speech on television in january.
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Write this sentence correctly. Remember to capitalize proper nouns. G JWe heard the Govenor’s speech on television in January.
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Write this sentence correctly. Remember to capitalize proper nouns. Both randal and sue visited marine world.
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Write this sentence correctly. Remember to capitalize proper nouns. R SM WBoth Randal and Sue visited Marine World.
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Project LA
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Plenary: The sentences are nouns that name a person, animal, place or thing. e.g. the dog barks all the time. There can be some exceptions!
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