NOUNSWhat you need

to know!

A NOUN IS A NAMING WORD

cat

car house

plane

ice-cream

college

bed

Peopledoctor

pilot

teacher mum

vet

Nouns can also be things that you can’t see – such as emotions.

loveanger

jealousy

These nouns are called ‘common nouns’. They don’t have capital letters at the beginning.

But some other nouns are called ‘proper nouns’ and they do have capitals.

People’s names are proper nouns and always start with a capital letter.

Names of places are proper nouns - Barnsley, Leeds, New York, Rome.

London

Hampton Court Palace

Names of special buildings are ‘proper nouns’ and have capital letters.

Houses of Parliament

SPECIAL DAYS Christmas Day Mother’s Day

Months of the year and days of the week

A ‘collective noun’ is the name given to a group of people, objects or animals.

A flock of sheep A pride of lionsDo you know any more?