1. NOUNS What you need to know!

2. A NOUN IS A NAMING WORD cat car house

3. plane ice- cream college bed

4. People doctor pilot teacher mum vet

5. Nouns can also be things that you can’t see – such as emotions. love anger jealousy

6. 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.

7. 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

8. Hampton Court Palace Names of special buildings are ‘proper nouns’ and have capital letters. Houses of Parliament

9. SPECIAL DAYS Christmas Day Mother’s Day Months of the year and days of the week

10. A ‘collective noun’ is the name given to a group of people, objects or animals. A flock of sheep A pride of lions Do you know any more?