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Target 1: Nouns

Task 1 (Your first piece of evidence of success) 1 point

A. The list of words below contains some common nouns, some proper nouns and
five words that aren’t nouns. To keep you on your toes, the capital letters are
missing from the proper nouns! Write the words in the correct columns, making
sure you put in the missing capital letters for the proper nouns.

sunday walked mr khan buckingham palace

doctor going elephant italy rain

anger john pencil europe and

because atlantic ocean have water cats

COMMON NOUNS PROPER NOUNS NOT NOUNS

Did you find 7 proper nouns and 7 common nouns? Yes / No

Did you 5 words that are not nouns? Yes / No

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B. Underline the common nouns and the proper nouns in the sentences below.

1. George saw the film on Monday.

2. The children swam in the river.

3. After stopping to talk to Simon, Greg missed his train.

4. Birds build nests in trees.

Did you find 4 proper nouns and 7 common nouns? Yes / No

(If not, read the information on common and proper nouns again and then try to find the ones you missed.)

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