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Nouns and Articles
Learning IntentionTo know and
understand what nouns and articles are
I can say what nouns are
I can say and give examples of five different noun types
I can define articlesI can list the articles
Nouns and ArticlesSuccess Criteria
Nouns and Articlesnounscommonpropercollectiveconcreteabstractcompoundarticlesindefinitedefinite
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Nouns and Articles - Hook
A noun is a word for a person, place, or thing. Everything we can see or talk about is represented by a word that names it. That ‘naming’ word is called a noun.
What is a noun?
Common nouns name people, animals, places or things.
Types of nouns - Common
Proper nouns begin with a capital letter.They name particular people, animals, places,
things, organisations, days, and months.
Types of nouns - Proper
Collective nouns name groups of people, animals or things.
Types of nouns - Collective
Concrete nouns name things you can see, hear, smell or touch.
Types of nouns - Concrete
Abstract nouns name feelings, qualities, ideas or actions that cannot be seen unless related to a person, an action or a concrete noun.
Types of nouns - Abstract
Compound nouns are formed when two nouns are joined to form a new word, which is also a noun.
Types of Nouns - Compound
Rule up a 5 column table in your book with the headings: common, proper, collective, concrete and abstract
Choose a page from your novel, read through it and record any nouns you find. Record the nouns you find under the correct heading
Create a mind map to display your knowledge of nouns
Nouns Activity
An article is a kind of adjective which is always used with, and gives some information, about a noun.
The three articles in English are a, an and the.
There are two different types of articles that we use in writing and conversation to point out or refer to a noun or group of nouns: definite and indefinite articles.
What are articles?
Indefinite articles are the words a and an. Each of these articles is used to refer to a noun, but the noun being referred to is not a specific person, place, object, or idea. It can be any noun from a group of nouns.
Indefinite articles: a and an
The definite article, the, is a shortened form of this, that, these or those and is used before singular and plural nouns.
Definite article: the
Using the nouns you recorded earlier, choose 10 to add articles in front of
Articles activity
ReviewWith a partner:Share your definition of nouns
Say and give examples of the five different noun types
Share your definition of articles
List the articles
Complete your before and after web
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