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