Types of Nouns: Common

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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

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Proper Nouns

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

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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.

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Proper Noun

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

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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.

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Proper Noun

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

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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.

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Proper Noun

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

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

• All of Amys paper is missing from her notebook.

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Common Noun

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

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Proper Noun

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

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Write this sentence correctly. Remember to
capitalize proper nouns.

• My parents joined grover church last sunday.

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Write this sentence correctly. Remember to
capitalize proper nouns.

• My parents joined Grover Church last Sunday.

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Write this sentence correctly. Remember to
capitalize proper nouns.

• Uncle rob used to live in orlando, florida.

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Write this sentence correctly. Remember to
capitalize proper nouns.

• Uncle Rob used to live in Orlando, Florida.

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Write this sentence correctly. Remember to
capitalize proper nouns.

• We heard the govenors speech on television in
  january.

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Write this sentence correctly. Remember to
capitalize proper nouns.

• We heard the Govenors speech on television in
  January.

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Write this sentence correctly. Remember to
capitalize proper nouns.

• Both randal and sue visited marine world.

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Write this sentence correctly. Remember to
capitalize proper nouns.

• Both Randal and Sue visited Marine World.

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