Find the precise nouns in this text. 

Remember, a precise noun is specific rather than common.

 For example, bird is a common noun whereas crow is a precise noun.

We are being exact with which type of bird we have. 

Today, we are going to substitute (change) precise nouns in the text, and some other writing features, to create new sentences. 

Example:

In this sentence from Flying Toads Toured the Town, the writer has used a range of skills, including precise nouns and adverbials.

On Tuesday evening, around nine o’clock, masses of common toads were believed to have been sighted flying over Pendle Hill towards the town of Burnley on lily pads.

Adverbials

Precise nouns – remember these are specific

e.g. The writer hasn’t just written ‘hill’ they’ve been more precise and said ‘Pendle Hill’.

Innovated Example:

Can you see that my sentence is the same but it is now set at a different time, has a new animal, event and place?

One Saturday morning, just before the sun rose, masses of British Alpine goats were believed to have been sighted bounding past Pen Hill towards the town of Leyburn.

Your Turn

Here is another section of the story. 

Identify the precise nouns and adverbials.

Then, substitute the adverbials and precise nouns to create new sentences. 

At 4:38am, the final reports were that the common toads chased German Shepherds around the banks of the River Brun before falling from their lily pads.

Your new sentence can be recorded in your exercise book.