Noun

Defining a noun

A noun is a naming word which is used to name:

• People - child
• Place - park
• Thing - duck, sunflower, tree

Every sentence we read will have at least one noun but it can have more than one.

Proper & common nouns

Nouns can either be proper nouns:

Common nouns name people, places or things and do not need a capital letter. For example

• man (people),
• wheelchair (thing)
• ball (thing)
• jumper (thing).
• star (thing)
• bag (thing)

Proper nouns name specific people, places and things and need a capital letter. For example

• King Charles (people)
• Cardiff Castle (place)
• Royal Mile (place)
• Edinburgh Castle (place)
• Jesse (people)

Note when using proper nouns we need to use a capital letter no matter where it appears in a sentence.