Objective : To revise previous learning about common and proper noun nouns and introduce the collective 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
A collective noun gives a name to a group people, places, objects or animals.
• bunch (keys or flowers)
• pack (cards or dogs)
• choir (singers)
• flock (sheep or geese)
• block (flats or cells in a spreadsheet)
• range (mountains)
Completed exercises orally round the class identifying and exemplifying common and proper nouns
Pupils completed skills development exercises individually.
