Nouns

Nouns.

A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, quality or action.

For example: For lunch I am having a  sandwich.

Task 1: Find the nouns in each sentence and underline what they are. Every sentence has more than one noun.

A flea is an insect that bites.

Helsinki is the capital of Finland.

My new camera takes great photographs.

I took a photo of my class for the class website.

New Zealand’s main tourist attraction is Queens town.

Auckland has the largest population in New Zealand.

My favourite breakfast cereal is Wheatbix.

Task 2:

Write five sentences using a noun for each one.

Make your sentences more than four words.

Mya scored a fabulous goal in score.  

Siunipa has bought 10 colorful balls.

Jolie made the hard netball and she plays center.

John plays rugby he played center.

Kane can hit the ball far.

Task 3:

Find the correct noun for the following sentences.

A type of snake -  Anaconda

A tool used by builders and carpenters to hit nails - hammer

An instrument used for finding direction - Compass

The name of a city in the North island - Auckland

The name of a city in the South Island - Christchurch

The capital of Australia - Canberra

The name of a prime minister of New Zealand - John Key

The name of a famous person who discovered New Zealand - James Cook

Common and proper Nouns.

Common nouns are the names of ordinary  people, places things, such as table, chair, beach, school and Britomart Train station as examples.

Proper nouns are the name of particular people, places and things such as Jacob, Jennifer, Laura, Te Papa Museum, Auckland Showgrounds.

There are common nouns in the list below, bold the  15 words which are common nouns.

flower	happy	plumber	leaking	speedy
insect	grazier	kindly	vast	tennis
into	chocolate	unfortunate	invitation	noun
was	strange	elephant	haunted	army
improper	Sky city Tower	detective	brought	friendly
calf	keyboard	twinkled	overcrowded	bookcase