Nouns
You learn to find the noun: the word that names a person, a place, an animal or a thing.
How to do the test
- Look for a word that names a person, a place, an animal or a thing.
- Say the word with the in front of it.
- If it sounds right, it is a noun.
Tap the noun. A tiny frog jumped away.
- It names an animal.
- Put the in front of it: the frog.
- That sounds right, so it is a noun.
- Try the same with jumped: the jumped sounds wrong, so it is not a noun.
- Frog is the noun.
More examples
Tap the noun. Mia laughed loudly.
- It names a girl.
- It starts with a capital letter because it is a name.
- Mia is the noun.
Tap the noun. We flew to Spain yesterday.
- It names a country.
- It starts with a capital letter because it is a name.
- Spain is the noun.