This document defines and provides examples of different types of nouns: common nouns, proper nouns, and pronouns. It explains that common nouns are general names for people, places, things, or animals and are not capitalized, while proper nouns specifically name a person, place, or thing and are always capitalized. Pronouns are used as substitutes for nouns to avoid repetition. The document concludes with a quiz that tests the reader's ability to identify nouns in examples as common, proper, or pronouns.

1. NOUNS

2. WHAT IS A NOUN?
A word used as a name of one of the following:
• Person
• Place
• Thing
• Animal

3. TYPES OF NOUNS
•Common Noun
•Proper Noun
•Pronoun

4. COMMON NOUN
A name given to every person or thing. Common nouns are NOT specific
Examples
Pen Animal
Teacher Food
School Lake
Girls Phone
Boy Snow

5. PROPER NOUN
Name of a SPECIFIC person or thing. Proper Nouns are ALWAYS capitalized.
Examples
English Harvard
New York Christopher
Facebook Mr. Turner
Star Wars To Kill a Mockingbird
China Mount Everest
Indian Ocean The Simpsons

6. PRONOUN
A substitute for a proper noun to avoid redundancy
Examples
We He
Her She
You I
They It

7. BERNIE B. QUIZ!
Test your knowledge by identifying what type of noun the following highlighted
words are.
1. Bernie B. is very helpful.
2. My friend and I will have McDonald’s for lunch.
3. She wants to visit Paris, France one day.
4. The dog likes to go to the park.
5. The colors of the American flag are red, white, and blue.
6. We saw 12 ducks in the lake.
7. Basketball is my favorite sport to play.
8. Valentine’s Day is a holiday of love.

8. BERNIE B. QUIZ!
Test your knowledge by identifying what type of noun the following highlighted
words are.
1. Bernie B. is very helpful. Proper
2. My friend and I will have McDonald’s for lunch. Common/Proper
3. She wants to visit Paris, France one day. Pronoun/Proper
4. The dog likes to go to the park. Common/Common
5. The colors of the American flag are red, white, and blue. Common/Proper
6. We saw 12 ducks in the lake. Pronoun/Common
7. Basketball is my favorite sport to play. Proper/Common
8. Valentine’s Day is a holiday of love. Proper/Common

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