Literacy : Grammar

Objective : To revise previous learning about nouns and introduce the proper noun.

Reviewed definition of a noun

“A noun is a kind of word. Its job is to give a name to a person, a place an object or an animal.”

Introduced the concept that there are different types of nouns

There are different kinds of nouns…
A common noun is the word used to give a name to a person, place, object or animal.
• dog
• man
• house
• chair
• tree
• school
• bedroom
Most nouns consist of only one word, but sometimes a noun can be two or more words – these are called compound nouns.  These are sometimes written as two words, sometimes with a hyphen and sometimes as one word.
• bank book
• pet shop
• mother-in -law
• glass eye
• bus stop
• football
A proper noun is the name of an individual person, place, object or animal
Proper nouns ALWAYS have a capital letter.
• Blackpool Tower
• John Smith
• High Street
• Smithywood Primary School
• River Thames
• London
• Spain
• Heathrow Airport

Completed exercises orally round the class identifying and exemplifying common and proper nouns

Pupils completed skills development exercises individually.