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A one-page CAPS Grade 4 English poster on nouns (Grammar), with the key ideas, key words and a tip to remember.
A noun is a naming word. It names a person, a place, an animal or a thing.
teacher, school, dog, book
A common noun names any person, place, animal or thing. It does not need a capital letter, unless it starts a sentence.
girl, city, giraffe, table
A proper noun names one particular person, place or thing. It always starts with a capital letter.
Thabo, Durban, Limpopo, Monday
one bus, two buses
one dish, two dishes
A collective noun names a group of people, animals or things.
Try putting a, an or the in front of the word. If it makes sense, the word is probably a noun.
a river, an apple, the school
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