3. What is a noun? A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. Click here for a movie. Idea: love Person: farmer Place: school Thing: desk

4. What is a common noun? A common noun is any person, place, thing or idea. Common nouns do not have a capital letter.

5. What is a proper noun? Proper nouns are used to name a person, place or thing. That means it is the actual name of a person, place or thing. Proper nouns will start with a capital letter.

6. Quiz Are the following underlined nouns common or proper? Max went for a trip to the park last Monday.

7. Quiz Are the following underlined nouns common or proper? The girl was born at Maryborough District Hospital. Her brother was also born at a hospital.

8. Quiz Find the nouns and the missing capitals. Aunty mary used to live in melbourne, victoria.

9. Quiz Find the nouns and the missing capitals. We heard the queen’s speech on the radio in february.