Proper and Common nouns

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What is a noun?

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A noun is a person, place, or thing.

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What is a proper noun?

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A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or organization, and it always starts with a capital letter.

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What is a common noun?

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A common noun is a general name for a person, place, or thing and does not start with a capital letter.

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Give an example of a proper noun.

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Examples of proper nouns include 'Disney World', 'Jordon', and 'United States'.

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Give an example of a common noun.

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Examples of common nouns include 'city', 'mouse', and 'love'.

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True or False: Nouns can be places, animals, people, or things.

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True.

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True or False: You always capitalize common nouns.

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False.

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What type of noun is 'Olympics' in the sentence: 'Jordon helped the United States win a gold medal at the Olympics.'?

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Proper noun.

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What type of noun is 'city'?

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Common noun.

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What do you call the name of a specific person, place, or thing?

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Proper noun.