Types of Nouns: Common & Proper Nouns

Types of Nouns: Common & Proper Nouns

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Common Nouns

• Common Nouns are any person, place, or thing. Common nouns are not capitalized.
• The city
• A policeman
• That newspaper

Proper Nouns

• Common Nouns are the name of a special person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are capitalized.
• Dallas
• Officer Walker
• New York Times

Tell if the underlined noun is common or proper. Click the noun to check your answer.

• Mary visited the school last Friday.

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Common Noun

• It is not capitalized and names any person, place, or thing.

Proper Noun

• It is capitalized and names a special person, place, or thing.

Tell if the underlined noun is common or proper. Click the noun to check your answer.

• The President rode in a limousine.

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Common Noun

• It is not capitalized and names any person, place, or thing.

Proper Noun

• It is capitalized and names a special person, place, or thing.

Tell if the underlined noun is common or proper. Click the noun to check your answer.

• The elephants and monkeys were at the San Francisco Zoo.

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Common Noun

• It is not capitalized and names any person, place, or thing.

Proper Noun

• It is capitalized and names a special person, place, or thing.

Tell if the underlined noun is common or proper. Click the noun to check your answer.

• All of Amy’s paper is missing from her notebook.

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Common Noun

• It is not capitalized and names any person, place, or thing.

Proper Noun

• It is capitalized and names a special person, place, or thing.

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• My parents joined grover church last sunday.

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• My parents joined Grover Church last Sunday.

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• Uncle rob used to live in orlando, florida.

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• Uncle Rob used to live in Orlando, Florida.

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• We heard the govenor’s speech on television in january.

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• We heard the Govenor’s speech on television in January.

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• Both randal and sue visited marine world.

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• Both Randal and Sue visited Marine World.

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