Review
Language Nouns
• Common nouns are general names for people, places or things: mangoes, brother • Proper nouns are the names of special places, people, or events. They may contain more than one word. They always begin with a capital letter: Mr. Gates, St. Vincent • Collective nouns name groups of people, animals and things: a flock of birds • Abstract nouns name qualities we can’t see, hear, touch, taste or smell: exercise, concentration • Compound nouns are made by joining two words together: eye+brow = eyebrow
1 Match each group to a suitable collective noun. flies kittens musicians books stairs
litter flight band swarm library
2 Which of these nouns are abstract nouns? puppy trust friendship disappointment intelligence curiosity
friend president weekend
3 Use abstract nouns to finish these sentences.
1 Two qualities I admire in people are ____________ and ____________. 2 Two qualities I try to avoid are ____________ and ____________. 4 Write as many compound words as you can which include the words below. 1 water 2 ball 3 tooth 4 some 5 room 6 body 7 brush 8 sun
Capital letters
We use capital letters • to begin sentences
• to begin proper nouns: names, places, days and months • to begin adjectives made from proper nouns, e.g. Antiguan • in titles of people and addresses, e.g. Miss Burton, the Prime Minister , Mare Street • for abbreviations. • Collective nouns: Point out that collective nouns are often used on their own, e.g. the band played all night , our team won. • Remind students that a collective noun uses a singular verb, e.g. My class has more boys than girls. • Remind students about gender of nouns: masculine (men), feminine (women), neuter (boat), common (baby). DA Direct students to work in mixed ability pairs. Vary the partners with whom they work regularly.
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