explore the difference between common and proper nouns in the English Language

1. Types of Nouns:
Common & Proper
Nouns

2. What is a noun?

3. Did you know that there are two
different types of nouns?

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

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

6. Nouns
Common Proper
- month
- city
- my friend
- the phone
- January
- London
- Susan
- Apple iPhone

7. Is the underlined word proper or common?
•Mary visited the school last
Friday.
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Sentence

8. Common Noun
It is not capitalized and names any person, place, or thing.

9. Proper Noun
It is capitalized and names a special person, place, or
thing.

10. •The President rode in a
limousine.
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Sentence
Is the underlined word proper or common?

11. Common Noun
It is not capitalized and names any person, place, or thing.

12. Proper Noun
It is capitalized and names a special person, place, or
thing.

13. •The elephants and monkeys
were at the San Francisco
Zoo.
Next
Sentence
Is the underlined word proper or common?

14. Common Noun
It is not capitalized and names any person, place, or thing.

15. Proper Noun
It is capitalized and names a special person, place, or
thing.

16. •All of Amy’s paper is missing
from her notebook.
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Sentence
Is the underlined word proper or common?

17. Common Noun
It is not capitalized and names any person, place, or thing.

18. Proper Noun
It is capitalized and names a special person, place, or
thing.

19. Write this sentence correctly.
Remember to capitalize proper nouns.
•My parents joined
grover church last
sunday.

20. Write this sentence correctly.
Remember to capitalize proper nouns.
•My parents joined
Grover Church last
Sunday.

21. Write this sentence correctly.
Remember to capitalize proper nouns.
•Uncle rob used to live
in orlando, florida.

22. Write this sentence correctly.
Remember to capitalize proper nouns.
•Uncle Rob used to live
in Orlando, Florida.

23. Write this sentence correctly.
Remember to capitalize proper nouns.
•We heard the prime
minister’s speech on
television in january.

24. Write this sentence correctly.
Remember to capitalize proper nouns.
•We heard the Prime
Minister’s speech on
television in January.

25. Write this sentence correctly.
Remember to capitalize proper nouns.
•Both randal and sue
visited marine land.

26. Write this sentence correctly.
Remember to capitalize proper nouns.
•Both Randal and Sue
visited Marine Land.