Unit 1
Language Common and proper nouns
Common nouns are general names for people, animals, places, things and events: fisherman beach dolphin boat storm Proper nouns are specific names for people, places and events. They always begin with a capital letter: Daniel Horseshoe Bay Independence Day
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1 Find three common nouns and three proper nouns in the text on pages 8–9.
2 Rewrite these sentences. Use capital letters where they are needed. Example: Daniel and Alex pushed Seagull into the water. 1 daniel and alex pushed seagull into the water.
2 the fisherman spoke to daniel’s father, mr. williams. 3 the boys attend horseshoe bay primary school. 4 their teacher, mrs. taylor, always makes them work hard.
5 the fish fry takes place on friday evening. 6 in july, alex will go to grenada on holiday. 7 in grenada, carnival takes place in august. 8 the island of carriacou is close to grenada.
Plural nouns 3
Write the plural forms of the nouns below.
Types of noun
Singular Plural
Examples
boat
boats
bird cliff
day
donkey photo
Nouns which add ‘s’
piano
rope
class
bus
bush
box
match
Nouns which add ‘es’
class es
mango tomato beach
Nouns which change ‘-y’ to ‘-ies’
country countr ies
cherry story
factory
battery
lily
city
sky
Nouns which change ‘-f’ or ‘-fe’ to ‘-ves’
shelf
leaf
wife half
wolf
thief
shel ves
knife
• Common and proper nouns, Exercise 2: Remind students that the names of days and months, and also the first letter of sentences begin with capital letters. • Plural nouns: Revise the rules for forming plural nouns, e.g. nouns ending in ‘s’, ‘sh’, ‘tch’, ‘x’ add ‘es’ in the plural; nouns ending in consonant + ‘y’ change ‘y’ to ‘ies’; nouns ending in vowel + ‘y’ add ‘s’; nouns ending in ‘f’ usually change to ‘ves’ in the plural.
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