NOUNS Grammar Basics NOUNS Nouns are the names
NOUNS Grammar Basics
NOUNS Nouns are the names of people, places or things. A common noun is the name of any usual thing like a table, a chair, a house, an animal or a bird. These words sometimes have a, an, the in front of them.
Underline the common nouns in the following piece of writing. Tim lived with his mother and father in a large house at the edge of the bush. He lived in a suburb that belonged to the city of Brisbane. Tim had a very big dog. His name was Ripper was a young dog and he liked to rip up anything he could find. Tim had only a single sock left of many pairs of socks because Ripper had found them and ripped them up. He had a basket with a blanket where he could sleep but the basket and the blanket were quickly chewed up and ripped up as well. The day after Ripper was given his new bed, Tim found little pieces of them all over the house when he came home from school.
PROPER NOUNS A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place or thing. These nouns begin with a capital letter. E. g. Fred Australia Capital letters are also used for days of the week, months of the year and special holidays. These are also called proper nouns.
HIGHLIGHT THE PROPER NOUN Tim lived with his mother and father in a large house at the edge of the bush. He lived in a suburb that belonged to the city of Brisbane. Tim had a very big dog. His name was Ripper was a young dog and he liked to rip up anything he could find. Tim had only a single sock left of many pairs of socks because Ripper had found them and ripped them up. He had a basket with a blanket where he could sleep but the basket and the blanket were quickly chewed up and ripped up as well. The day after Ripper was given his new bed, Tim found little pieces of them all over the house when he came home from school.
CAN YOU FIND THE PROPER NOUNS IN THE FOLLOWING PIECE OF WRITING? Tim wanted to be able to play tennis so his mother arranged for him to have some lessons with a tennis coach. Every Saturday morning during February, March and April, Tim’s mum drove him to Forest Lake for his lessons. Over Easter there were no lessons at all and Tim continued to practise his strokes at home. He even taught Ripper to collect his balls for him and to bring them back to him without ripping them up. However, sometimes it would be just too much for Ripper. Then he would disappear with a ball, especially in summer when it was quite hot. Ripper would then find a cool spot under the house and hidden away from all eyes, he would quietly set about reducing the tennis ball to as many little strips as he possibly could. It was going to be very difficult to put a stop to this destructive habit.
DID YOU KNOW? Seasons of the year - summer, autumn, winter, spring - do not have a capital letter. Place names such as towns, countries, streets, rivers and oceans have capital letters, but the points of a compass – north, south, east, west – do not have a capital letter.
Which of the following words should begin with a capital letter? boxing day time pluto nile wednesday greece year autumn west Indonesia star mountain april Sydney
MORE EXERCISES WITH NOUNS Which of the following words are nouns? towel happen teddy hair mould blanket off cloud bicycle purple furious went Match a proper noun with one of the common nouns below it. Europe Indian India Mercury Easter Mary (a) planet (b) girl (c) continent (d) holiday (e) country (f) ocean
Every sentence begins with a capital letter. Every sentence ends with a full stop. Write the following sentences correctly by adding capital letters and full stops. a b c d close the windows a storm is coming the tigers won they scored three goals my name is stuart this is my brother, Malcolm simone is coming you can come too, if you want
Make four sentences by joining the sentence halves. Use capital letters and full stops. In the race gathers no moss at the hairdresser’s a rolling stone my mum had her hair permed chris was the fastest runner I love eating cake with chocolate icing
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