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3. COMMON NOUNS:
It is used to name people, places or
things in general or nonspecific.
They are nouns that are used to denote
a general category of people, places or
things and not a particular name.
4. RULES FOR COMMON NOUNS :
1. Common nouns are usually not capitalized.
Example : My brother and his friend plan to ride their bikes to the movies.
In this above sentence, underlined words are common nouns and they are
not capitalized.
1. Common nouns are usually only capitalized if they are at the beginning (first
word) of a sentence or in a title.
Example : Dinosaurs are fascinating to study.
In this above sentence, Dinosaurs is a common noun but it is capitalized
because it is at the beginning of a sentence.
5. girl friends
city car
animal dog
house state
food teacher
man student
religion river
table chair
book road
window country
List of Common Nouns:
7. 1. I love to read storybooks.
story books - common noun.
1. Teachers teach in school.
teachers - common noun.
school - common noun.
8. PROPER NOUN :
The first letter should always be
CAPITAL.
It refers to a PROPER name or
SPECIFIC name for a person, place or
thing.
9. Parvati Africa
London Earth
Jupiter October
France Google
Albert Einstein The Eiffel Tower
Pacific ocean Apple
Delhi Spiderman
Banglore Mount Everest
Deepika The Solar System
Monday New York Times
List of Proper Nouns :
11. 1. William Shakespeare is a famous english author.
William Shakespeare - proper noun (specific name of person)
1. When Michelle Obama went off New York city she went to Starbucks.
Michelle Obama - proper noun (specific name of person)
New York - proper noun (specific name of city)
Starbucks - proper noun (specific name of place)
12. COMMON NOUNS PROPER NOUNS
Student Shree, Esha, Yash, Ritika, Christine, Anita.
Banks Bank of India, State Bank of India.
Organizations World Health Organization.
Continents Africa, Australia, Asia, America.
Countries India, Brazil, Egypt, United Kingdom.
States Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal.
Hotels Grand Hyatt, Taj Mahal Palace.
Parks National park
Cities Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Jaipur,
Ahmedabad
Newspapers The Times of India, Mumbai Mirror.
Holidays Gandhi Jayanti, Good Friday.