Common and Proper Nouns

Common and Proper Nouns

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A common noun is a noun that names any person, place, thing, or idea. Common nouns do not start with capital letters unless they’re at the beginning of a sentence.

• teacher (person)

• city (place)

• book (thing)

• truth (idea)

A proper noun is a noun that names a specific person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are always capitalized.

• Mrs. Tams (person)

• Philadelphia (place)

• Freak the Mighty (thing)

Is the noun common or proper?

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baseball

• common

• proper

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teammate

• common

• proper

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Monday

• common

• proper

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Seattle

• common

• proper

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bookshelf

• common

• proper

Is the underlined noun common or proper?

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My neighbor is moving to Texas.

• common

• proper

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We traveled down the Mississippi River.

• common

• proper

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I saw a lion at the zoo.

• common

• proper

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Cars and boats require gas to run.

• common

• proper

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Jennifer was sick all week.

• common

• proper

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. A ________ noun is the name of a specific person, place or thing.

• Proper

• Pronoun

• Common

• none of the Above

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2. A ___________ noun does not name a specific person, place or thing.

• Proper

• Common

• Noun

• None of the Above

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3. Which of the following is a common noun?

• Pizza Hut

• Houston Elementary

• Anniston

• restaurant

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5. The word "pencil" is a...?

• Common Noun

• none of the above

• Proper Noun

• a tool

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6. Which of the following words is not a common noun?

~ Pay attention to the words!

• GameStop

• pool

• park

• zoo

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8. Which of the following words is a proper noun?

• team

• football

• Talladega Tigers

• school

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10. Which of the following is a common noun?

• bank

• John

• Trevor

• Piggly Wiggly

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How many common nouns are in these sentences?

My favorite game on my PS3 is Little Big Planet. It's such a fun game where you can play with other people. I met my friend Jo on that game. Some people like playing XBOX games. On XBOX I like to play racing games.

• 4

• 10

• 8

• 6

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What should you do differently to proper nouns?

• make friends with them

• put them at the beginning of the sentence

• capitalize the first word

• place next to the verb

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Coach Green, Mrs. Francis, and Mrs McIntre are all what?

• Proper Nouns

• Common Nouns

• Teachers

• Funny

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Are all proper nouns capitalized?

• Yes
• No

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What change should be made in this sentence?

The cafeteria is serving hamburgers on wednesday.

• Change cafeteria to Cafeteria

• Change hamburgers to Hamburgers

• Change wednesday to Wednesday

• No change is needed

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What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?

During the civil war, many relatives fought against each other.

• Change civil war to Civil war

• Change civil war to Civil War

• Change relatives to Relatives

• Make no change

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What is an example of a proper noun?

• school

• house

• Glengary Elementary

• elementary school

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The boys will go to school on Wednesday. Which word is a proper noun?

• noun
• Wednesday
• boys
• school

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Alice was a very curious little girl. What is the proper noun in this sentence. 

• girl
• Alice

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Names a person, place, thing, or idea and is NOT capitalized.

• Common noun

• Proper noun

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Names a specific person, place, thing, or idea and IS capitalized.

• Common noun

• Proper noun

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What change should be made to this sentence?

Let's order chinese food for dinner.

• Change food to Food

• Change dinner to Dinner

• Change chinese food to Chinese Food

• Change chinese food to Chinese food

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What change should be made to this sentence?

The U.S. Congress, which meets in Washington D.C., was established by the constitution of 1787.

• Change U.S. Congress to U.S. congress

• Change constitution of 1787 to Constitution of 1787

• Change Washington, D.C. to washington, d.c.

• Change Washington, D.C to Washington, d.c.

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What is the correct way to write this sentence?

The winter months are december, january, and february.

• The Winter months are December, January, and February.

• The Winter months are december, january, and february.

• The winter months are December, January, and February.

• The winter Months are December, January, and February.

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What is the correct way to write this sentence?

My father can speak german and french.

• My Father can speak German and French.

• My father can speak German and french.

• May Father can speak german and french.

• My father can speak German and French.

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In the following sentence which word is the subject?
The table wobbled violently.

• The 
• Table
• Wobbled
• Violently

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In the following sentence which word is the subject?

Jane rode her bike to the shops.

• Jane
• rode
• her
• bike

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In the following sentence which word is the subject?

In the end, my father changed the tire on my car.

• End
• My
• Father
• Car

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In the following sentence which word is the subject?

Thankfully the job finally was finished.

• Thankfully
• The
• Finished
• Job