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Common and Proper Nouns

Identify and correctly capitalise common and proper nouns in a range of sentences.

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Learning Intention

Students will distinguish between common and proper nouns and use correct capitalisation.

Australian Curriculum

AC9E3LA06

Understand that capital letters signal proper nouns and sentence boundaries.

Teacher Notes

Use highlighters to identify nouns. Practice capitalisation with real-world examples like city names.

Skills Practised

  • Common vs proper nouns
  • Capitalisation
  • Grammar in context
  • Sentence building