📖 English & Reading

Nouns: Naming Words

Ages 7–9

You will learn

Find nouns in a sentence and know that proper nouns start with a capital letter.

Before you start

Reading simple sentences.

Quick answer

A noun is a naming word. It names a person, a place, an animal or a thing, like teacher, park, rabbit or table. Proper nouns name one special person, place or thing and start with a capital letter, like Sara or London.

Let’s learn

A noun is a naming word. Nouns name:

  • 👩‍🏫 people: teacher, baby, friend
  • 🏞️ places: park, school, beach
  • 🐇 animals: rabbit, whale, bee
  • 🪑 things: table, book, ball

Common and proper nouns

  • Common nouns name any person, place or thing: girl, city, dog.
  • Proper nouns name one special person, place or thing. They always start with a capital letter: Sara, London, Monday.

Find the nouns

The cat sat on the mat in the kitchen.

Cat, mat and kitchen are all nouns.

Check what you know

Choose an answer, then press Check. You can try again if you need to.

  1. 1 Which word is a noun?
  2. 2 In 'The bird sang in the garden', which words are nouns?
  3. 3 Which word is a proper noun?
  4. 4 Which word should start with a capital letter?

Try this next

Look around the room and list 10 nouns you can see. Can you think of one proper noun too, like the name of your town?