Source: https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-6-4-proper-nouns-12 [Revision notes](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes.md) › [Primary](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary.md) › [Spanish](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish.md) › [Spanish: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum.md) › Proper Nouns (1/2) # Proper Nouns (1/2) Spanish: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 4.6.4 ## Proper Nouns Proper nouns are names of specific people, places or things. In English, proper nouns always start with a capital letter. ### Proper nouns in Spanish ![Proper nouns in Spanish](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2019-05/6781f22d-fb08-45a9-998d-1097fcc298d1/english-letters-.png) - Most proper nouns begin with a capital letter in Spanish but not all of them do. - The following proper nouns all begin with a capital letter in Spanish. ### Countries ![Countries](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2025-03/62ff2ac2-0f57-456a-8e4e-f5c395885ef5/cd93d358-8bea-4426-aa95-f791f88c8d57.png) - Countries begin with a capital letter in Spanish. - The United Kingdom - __el Reino Unido__ - Spain - __España__ ### Names ![Names](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2025-07/162245ed-742e-441f-9524-642534c24372/d80d4cf4-a64e-436d-a014-83600217edf7.png) - People’s first names and second names begin with a capital letter in Spanish. - Lamine Yamal (a Spanish football player) - Frida Kahlo (a Mexican artist) - Rosalía Vila Tobella (a Spanish singer) ### Towns and cities ![Towns and cities](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2025-07/6e3908ea-1cd2-4835-88b6-61b3c6f74b29/1ef2f772-1e9b-4424-a333-fe64bc9c2e42.png) - Towns and cities begin with a capital letter in Spanish. - Madrid (the capital of Spain) - Sevilla (a city in the south of Spain) - Londres (this is Spanish for London) ## Test yourself on Proper Nouns (1/2) - Which is the correct use of capital letters in the following proper noun? [Practise this topic for free](https://app.senecalearning.com/classroom/course/d7237248-cfce-4fb0-8295-84920a12eb9e/section/5e60e897-c28d-430a-8b2f-2984121524b3/session) - Previous topic: [4.6.3 Plural Nouns](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-6-3-plural-nouns.md) - Next topic: [4.6.5 Proper Nouns (2/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-6-5-proper-nouns-22.md) ## Spanish: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum contents ### 1 You, Family & Home - 1.1 Introducing Yourself & Being Polite - [1.1.1 Name & Age](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-1-1-name-and-age.md) - [1.1.2 Being Polite: Hello](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-1-2-being-polite-hello.md) - [1.1.3 Being Polite: Please](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-1-3-being-polite-please.md) - [1.1.4 Introductions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-1-4-introductions.md) - 1.2 Looks & Personality - [1.2.1 Hair](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-2-1-hair.md) - [1.2.2 Eyes](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-2-2-eyes.md) - [1.2.3 Physical Appearance](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-2-3-physical-appearance.md) - [1.2.4 Personality](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-2-4-personality.md) - 1.3 My Family & I - [1.3.1 Family Members](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-3-1-family-members.md) - [1.3.2 Other Family Members](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-3-2-other-family-members.md) - [1.3.3 Pets](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-3-3-pets.md) - 1.4 Days, Months & Time - [1.4.1 Time](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-4-1-time.md) - [1.4.2 Days of the Week](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-4-2-days-of-the-week.md) - [1.4.3 Months of the Year](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-4-3-months-of-the-year.md) - 1.5 Numbers - [1.5.1 Numbers 1-10](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-5-1-numbers-1-10.md) - [1.5.2 Numbers 11-20](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-5-2-numbers-11-20.md) - [1.5.3 Numbers 21-29](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-5-3-numbers-21-29.md) - [1.5.4 Numbers: 30-39](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-5-4-numbers-30-39.md) - [1.5.5 Numbers: 40-49](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-5-5-numbers-40-49.md) - [1.5.6 Numbers: 50-59](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-5-6-numbers-50-59.md) - [1.5.7 Numbers: 60-69](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-5-7-numbers-60-69.md) - [1.5.8 Numbers: 70-79](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-5-8-numbers-70-79.md) - [1.5.9 Numbers: 80-89](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-5-9-numbers-80-89.md) - [1.5.10 Numbers: 90-100](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-5-10-numbers-90-100.md) ### 2 School & Jobs - 2.1 School - [2.1.1 School Subjects (1/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/2-1-1-school-subjects-12.md) - [2.1.2 School Subjects (2/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/2-1-2-school-subjects-22.md) ### 3 Free Time - 3.1 Free Time - [3.1.1 Sports: Jugar](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-1-1-sports-jugar.md) - [3.1.2 Sports: Hacer](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-1-2-sports-hacer.md) - [3.1.3 Music](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-1-3-music.md) - 3.2 Town - [3.2.1 Shops (1/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-2-1-shops-12.md) - [3.2.2 Shops (2/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-2-2-shops-22.md) - [3.2.3 Places in Town](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-2-3-places-in-town.md) - [3.2.4 Talking About Places in Town](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-2-4-talking-about-places-in-town.md) - 3.3 Shopping - [3.3.1 Liking & Not Liking](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-3-1-liking-and-not-liking.md) - [3.3.2 Fruit](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-3-2-fruit.md) - [3.3.3 Vegetables](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-3-3-vegetables.md) - [3.3.4 Clothes (1/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-3-4-clothes-12.md) - [3.3.5 Clothes (2/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-3-5-clothes-22.md) - 3.4 Holiday - [3.4.1 Good Weather](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-4-1-good-weather.md) - [3.4.2 Bad Weather](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-4-2-bad-weather.md) ### 4 Grammar - 4.1 Verbs - [4.1.1 Subject Pronouns](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-1-1-subject-pronouns.md) - [4.1.2 Subject Pronouns: Explanation](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-1-2-subject-pronouns-explanation.md) - [4.1.3 Verbs](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-1-3-verbs.md) - [4.1.4 Conjugation](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-1-4-conjugation.md) - 4.2 Important Irregular Verbs - [4.2.1 To Be - Ser](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-2-1-to-be-ser.md) - [4.2.2 Uses of 'Ser' (1/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-2-2-uses-of-ser-12.md) - [4.2.3 Uses of 'Ser' (2/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-2-3-uses-of-ser-22.md) - [4.2.4 To Be - Estar](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-2-4-to-be-estar.md) - [4.2.5 Uses of 'Estar' (1/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-2-5-uses-of-estar-12.md) - [4.2.6 Uses of 'Estar' (2/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-2-6-uses-of-estar-22.md) - [4.2.7 'Ser' or 'Estar' (1/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-2-7-ser-or-estar-12.md) - [4.2.8 'Ser' or 'Estar' (2/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-2-8-ser-or-estar-22.md) - [4.2.9 To Have](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-2-9-to-have.md) - [4.2.10 Uses of 'Tener'](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-2-10-uses-of-tener.md) - 4.3 Regular Verbs in the Present Tense - [4.3.1 Regular 'AR' Verbs in the Present Tense: 'Hablar'](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-3-1-regular-ar-verbs-in-the-present-tense-hablar.md) - [4.3.2 Regular 'AR' Verbs in the Present Tense](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-3-2-regular-ar-verbs-in-the-present-tense.md) - [4.3.3 Regular 'ER' Verbs in the Present Tense](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-3-3-regular-er-verbs-in-the-present-tense.md) - [4.3.4 'ER' Verbs in the Present: Examples](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-3-4-er-verbs-in-the-present-examples.md) - [4.3.5 Regular 'IR' Verbs in the Present Tense](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-3-5-regular-ir-verbs-in-the-present-tense.md) - [4.3.6 Regular 'IR' Verbs in the Present: Examples](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-3-6-regular-ir-verbs-in-the-present-examples.md) - 4.4 Verbs in the Immediate Future - [4.4.1 Immediate Future](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-4-1-immediate-future.md) - [4.4.2 Immediate Future: Uses](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-4-2-immediate-future-uses.md) - 4.5 Negatives - [4.5.1 Negatives](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-5-1-negatives.md) - [4.5.2 Just the 'Nada' Bit](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-5-2-just-the-nada-bit.md) - 4.6 Nouns - [4.6.1 Saying 'A' & 'The' (Singular)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-6-1-saying-a-and-the-singular.md) - [4.6.2 Saying 'Some' and 'The' (Plural)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-6-2-saying-some-and-the-plural.md) - [4.6.3 Plural Nouns](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-6-3-plural-nouns.md) - [4.6.4 Proper Nouns (1/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-6-4-proper-nouns-12.md) - [4.6.5 Proper Nouns (2/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-6-5-proper-nouns-22.md) - 4.7 Adjectives - [4.7.1 Adjectives](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-7-1-adjectives.md) - [4.7.2 Adjectives: Spelling](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-7-2-adjectives-spelling.md) - [4.7.3 Adjectives That Don't Change](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-7-3-adjectives-that-dont-change.md) - [4.7.4 'Grande' and 'Bueno'](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-7-4-grande-and-bueno.md) - [4.7.5 Adjectives that Change Endings](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-7-5-adjectives-that-change-endings.md) - [4.7.6 Plural](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-7-6-plural.md) - [4.7.7 Possession](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-7-7-possession.md) - 4.8 Prepositions - [4.8.1 Common Prepositions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-8-1-common-prepositions.md) - 4.9 Questions - [4.9.1 Asking Questions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-9-1-asking-questions.md) - 4.10 Conjunctions - [4.10.1 What Are Conjunctions?](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-10-1-what-are-conjunctions.md) - 4.11 Adverbials - [4.11.1 Adverbs of Manner](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-11-1-adverbs-of-manner.md) - [4.11.2 Adverbs of Time](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-11-2-adverbs-of-time.md) - [4.11.3 Adverbs of Place](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-11-3-adverbs-of-place.md)