Nouns Person, Place or Thing

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NounsPerson, Place or Thing

• Fourth Grade
• Peggy Hyde

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Proper Nouns

• Proper Nouns
• A proper noun names a specific person, place or
  thing
• A proper noun is always capitalized
• Examples of Proper Nouns
• People Paul, Mark, Sandy, Helen, Rover
• Places Bountiful City, Zions National Park
• Things Bernina Sewing Machine, Wall
  Ball

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Common Nouns

• Common Nouns
• People, places or things that are not specific
• Common Nouns are not capitalized
• Examples of common nouns
• People boy, girl, husband, sister
• Places ocean, park, seaside
• Things ball, tree, house, machine

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Pronouns

• Pronouns
• A pronoun takes the place of a noun
• It is not capitalized unless it is the beginning
  word in a sentence
• Examples of pronouns
• He, she, it, her, them, him

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Noun Assignment

• Correct the following sentence. Make sure you
  capitalize all proper nouns.
• I remember when sam came to salt lake city, utah
  to see our city. It was fun for him to see the
  city and he especially liked hogle zoo.

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Pronoun Practice

• Edit the following sentence, changing all nouns
  to pronouns.
• John really wants to ride on the ferris wheel at
  Lagoon this summer.

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• WOW!