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Noun Types and Capitalisation

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Noun Types and Capitalisation

Identify different kinds of nouns. Use capital letters correctly in names and titles.

Recognise noun types

Choose the best answer for each word or group of words.

1.What type of noun is “Brisbane”?
  • Common noun
  • Proper noun
  • Collective noun
  • Abstract noun
2.What type of noun is “patience”?
  • Common noun
  • Proper noun
  • Collective noun
  • Abstract noun
3.What type of noun is “choir” in the phrase “the choir sang”?
  • Common noun
  • Proper noun
  • Collective noun
  • Abstract noun
4.What type of noun is “bicycle”?
  • Common noun
  • Proper noun
  • Collective noun
  • Abstract noun
5.Write every word or name in this list that needs a capital letter: adelaide, friday, indian ocean.

Match each noun to its type

Use each type more than once if needed.

6.Match each noun with its correct type.
  • library
  • Arjun
  • bouquet
  • excitement
  • flock
  • Mount Kosciuszko
  • honesty
  • window
  • Collective noun
  • Abstract noun
  • Abstract noun
  • Common noun
  • Proper noun
  • Collective noun
  • Proper noun
  • Common noun

Capital letters in sentences

Rewrite the sentences correctly, using capital letters where they are needed.

7.Rewrite: on wednesday, lucas and his aunt travelled to perth.
8.Rewrite: in october, we visited the melbourne zoo.
9.Complete the sentence by writing each name with the correct capitalisation: “Our class read a story about (australia) and celebrated (naidoc week).”
10.Why does the word “Kirra” begin with a capital letter in “Kirra found a shell”?
11.In “The family showed kindness to their neighbour”, identify the word that names a group and the word that names a quality.
12.Write a correctly capitalised sentence that includes a person’s name, an object or place, and a feeling or quality. Underline each of these words.

3 printable pages

  • Noun Types and Capitalisation, page 1 of 3: Recognise noun types

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  • Noun Types and Capitalisation, page 2 of 3: Match each noun to its type, Capital letters in sentences

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  • Noun Types and Capitalisation, page 3 of 3: 9. Complete the sentence by writing each name with the correct capitalisation: “Our class…

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