A
noun is the name of a person, object or place.
If
the noun refers to an individual person, object or place and identifies it as
distinct from any other, it is called a proper
noun and will start with a capital letter.
For example, Fred Smith, Buckingham Palace,
France.
Nouns
used as a general name are called common
nouns. For example, table, field, cat, castle, apple.
We
use the term noun for these single
words and sometimes they are used as a single word to fill a sentence element slot in the sentence:
Andy
won Wimbledon.
I
like apples.
Art is
enjoyable.
It is more usual for
nouns to appear in sentences as part of a phrase, i.e. two words or more,
working together to fill a slot in a sentence.
Let’s have a look at examples of how we can combine a noun with other words to make a noun phrase.
an apple
the apple
the green apple
the small, green apple
the small, green apple
with spotty skin
the small, green apple
which I picked from the tree
Nouns
and noun phrases can be used in different places in sentences, but they usually
fill the subject and object slots.
Over
the primary years, your child will be taught how to expand noun phrases in the
ways exemplified above. You will notice
that some words can be placed before the main noun in the phrase (apple); sometimes words can be placed after the main
noun. You can link below to information
for how nouns and noun phrases are developed in each year group, along with the
new National Curriculum requirements and terminology. It will be useful to look at all year groups
leading up to your child’s current year so you have a complete picture of what
they should know.
Nouns
and noun phrases in Year 3
Nouns
and noun phrases in Year 4
Nouns
and noun phrases in Year 5
Nouns
and noun phrases in Year 6
When learning about nouns and noun phrases, children will also need to understand that sometimes we need to replace these with pronouns to avoid repetition in our writing.
When learning about nouns and noun phrases, children will also need to understand that sometimes we need to replace these with pronouns to avoid repetition in our writing.
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