Proper and Common Nouns

Proper and Common Nouns

Common nouns are nouns that do not have to be capitalized, unless they are at the beginning of a sentence. They are not specific nouns. Some examples are engineer, school, and cookie.

​Common Nouns

Proper nouns are nouns that should always be capitalized. They are names of people, places, or things. Some examples are Tom, Shrewsbury Elementary School, and Oreo.

Proper Nouns

Proper and Common Nouns

Some examples are...

• holiday

• country

• state

• school

Common Nouns

• Thanksgiving

• United States

• Pennsylvania

• Shrewsbury Elementary School

Proper Nouns

Now, we will practice identifying common and proper nouns

Multiple Choice

Canada

• common

• Proper

Multiple Choice

tree

• common

• Proper

Multiple Choice

waterfall

• common

• Proper

Multiple Choice

school

• common

• Proper

Multiple Choice

Disney World

• common

• Proper

Multiple Choice

teddy bear

• common

• Proper

Multiple Choice

Granny Smith apples

• common

• Proper

Multiple Choice

George Washington

• common

• Proper

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