RIC-6242 Primary Grammar and Word Study - Book C

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Parts of speech Common and proper nouns Focus Common and proper nouns Definitions • Common nouns name general, rather than particular, people, places and things. Example: The man reading a book in the park had sunglasses on to protect his eyes from the glare of the sun. • Proper nouns are used to name specific people, places or things. They begin with capital letters. Example: Dave Simpson sat in Kings Park, wearing his new Sunsol sunglasses and reading the latest book by Michelle Smith. Explanation • The word ‘noun’ comes from the Latin ‘nomen’, which means ‘name’. Nouns are often called ‘naming words’. • While most nouns can be categorised as either common or proper nouns, there are two further main categories of nouns; collective (e.g. herd) and abstract (e.g. fear). • Some words used as nouns can also be verbs or adjectives, depending on the context in which they are used. Example: The crew raised the sail (noun) and prepared to sail (verb) across the ocean. • Common nouns are not capitalised unless they begin a sentence or start a title. Some words that would appear to need capitalisation, such as the names of the seasons (winter, summer, spring and autumn), are no longer capitalised because, through long usage, they have come to be considered common nouns. Cardinal directions (north, south, east and west); words for relatives (mum, aunty);—unless used as part of the name, such as Aunty Maude; and names of subject areas (maths, science) are also no longer considered proper nouns. • Trademarks are also capitalised. Worksheet information • For this activity, students will needs scissors, glue and a page from a newspaper or magazine. • Give each student a copy of the worksheet and read the text with them. Explain the worksheet task: Students cut nouns from a newspaper or magazine, gluing them onto the worksheet under the correct heading. Ideas for further practice • Students could try to list one noun for every letter of the alphabet. • Students can visit to play games to practice differentiating between common and proper nouns. • Call out a common noun to the students, such as ‘countries’, In a certain time frame, students try to write as many proper nouns for that common noun as they can. Answers Teacher check ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy Primary grammar and word study 2 www.ricpublications.com.au R.I.C. Publications ® ISBN 978-1-74126-766-2
Common and proper nouns Nouns can tell us who, what and where in a sentence. Some nouns are common nouns. They name general people, places and things. Proper nouns name specific people, places and things and start with a capital letter. 1. Cut out common and proper nouns from a newspaper or magazine. Glue them into the table, then write some of your own. Common nouns I watched a dog wandering around the city streets this afternoon. A kind lady picked him up and took him away. That was my friend, Grace! She lost her dog, Fluffy, then found him wandering around Kent Street in London! She took him back to her house in Hurstville. Proper nouns ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy 2. Write examples of two proper nouns for each of these common nouns. (a) country (b) restaurant (c) street (d) teacher (e) actor R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricpublications.com.au 3 Primary grammar and word study ISBN 978-1-74126-766-2
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Antonyms Some words are opposite in
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Confused words - 1 1. Answer the cl
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Confused words - 2 It’s and its h
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Full stops Full stops are used to e
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Question marks and exclamation mark
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Capital letters 1. (a) Read the tex
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Commas Commas are used to separate
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Apostrophes in contractions Some wo
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Who does it belong to? To show that
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‘Quotation marks’, I said. When
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Alliteration 1. (a) Read the poem.
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Anagrams and palindromes An anagram
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The beach Similes A simile compares
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Metaphors A metaphor says one thing
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Onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia is when a
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Personification ‘The sun leans do
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