What is a noun?

Discuss with your partner

and come up with 3
different examples of a
noun.
Lets share our
ideas

A noun is a word that names a person,

place or a thing.
Lets discuss whether your examples
were all nouns.
Some nouns are common nouns. These
are names for common things or objects.

A noun is a word that names a person,

place or a thing.
Lets discuss whether your examples
were all nouns.
Some nouns are proper nouns. These are
the names of an individual person, place or
organisation.
A proper noun
always starts
with a capital
letter!

What type of noun is shown in the

picture?

What type of noun is shown in the

picture?

Can we think of some effective adjectives to

describe Bruno Mars?

What type of noun is shown in the

picture?

Can we think of some effective adjectives to describe the

milkshake?

What type of noun is shown in the

picture?

Can we think of some effective adjectives to describe the

television?

What type of noun is shown in the

picture?

Can we think of some effective adjectives to describe

What type of noun is shown in the

picture?

Can we think of some effective adjectives to

describe the sea?

Aim: To recognise examples of

common nouns and proper nouns
We are now going to draw a table in our
book that has 2 columns. Remember to
use a ruler when your are drawing your
table, and use the whole width of the
page of your book.
Common nouns

Proper nouns

Look at the words and pictures of nouns below.

You need to put them into the correct column in
your table.

village Beyonce mosque mirror athlete

Tesco
mosque Usain Bolt paintbrush
cotton
Malaysia school camera
One Utama smartphone dress Lee
Chong Wei

Lets have a look at this picture of the

beach. What adjectives can we think of to
describe the beach?

Lets use some of our adjectives to write a sentence about this beach.

Your task is to think about some of the

common nouns and proper nouns that
you sorted into your table.
Write a sentence about some of these
nouns, but remember to use
EXCELLENT adjectives that really
describe the noun.

End of lesson checklist

I can explain what a common noun
is.
I can explain what a proper noun is.
I know that a proper noun always
starts with a capital letter.
I will remember to use EXCELLENT
adjectives to describe nouns in my
work.