Common and Proper Nouns

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Common and Proper Nouns

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• Some nouns name a particular person, place,
  thing, or idea.
• These are called proper nouns.
• A proper noun begins with a capital letter.
• Nouns that do not name a particular person,
  place, thing, or idea are called common nouns.

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Common City Girl Ocean State Month
Proper Boston Amy Indian Ocean New York July
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If a proper noun is made up of more than one
word, capitalize only the important words.

• New Jersey
• Gulf of Mexico
• Statue of Liberty

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When you use the word for a person in your family
as a name, capitalize it. Otherwise, do not
capitalize it.

• Robert Goddard, the father of rocket science, is
  a hero to Dad.
• My mom took photos of the space shuttle.

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What are the nouns in the following sentences?
Are they common or proper?

• 1. Edward White was the first American to walk in
  space.
• 2. The astronaut practiced daily in an airtight
  room for several hours.
• 3. Astronaut White walked in space above
  California.
• 4. Could White see the Gulf of Santa Catalina?
• 5. The astronaut did not want to return to the
  spacecraft immediately.

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What are the nouns in the following sentences?
Are they common or proper?

• 6. His pilot convinced White to come back.
• 7. The spacecraft orbited Earth before the flight
  ended.
• 8. A crew and a ship waited patiently in the
  Atlantic Ocean.
• 9. Aunt Mattie, Mom, and my grandfather watched
  his trip on television.

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How would you capitalize these proper nouns?

• 10. cape of good hope
• 11. nile river
• 12. baltimore
• 13. karen gerber
• 14. new hampshire
• 15. fourth of july

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Write the proper noun in each pair correctly.

• 16. Thursday-day
• 17. ohio river-river
• 18. island- isle of wright
• 19. governor- pete wilson
• 20. world trade center- building
• 21. teacher- ms. Goldrich
• 22. athlete- jackie robinson
• 23. may-month
• 24. mars-planet
• 25. memorial day-holiday
• 26. state-wyoming
• 27. white house- building
• 28. continent-africa
• 29. emily dickinson- poet
• 30. bay of fundy- bay
• 31. mountain- mount fuji