Common nouns are the names we give to what we see or experience, for example: flowers, friend, dream, sister, pet. Common nouns do not begin with a capital letter, except at the start of a sentence, for example: Flowers are brightly coloured.

Common nouns like “vegetables” names groups of things (carrots, onions, cabbages are all vegetables). Common nouns like “cat” and “kitten” tell you whether an animal is an adult or a baby. Common nouns like “woman” and “man”, or “king” and “queen” tell you whether the person is a male or a female.