Proper and Common Nouns

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Common and Proper Nouns

What is a noun?

A noun is a person, place or thing.

Examples: girl, Lisa, train, JFK Middle School, church, toy

Multiple Choice

Which is not a noun?

• funny

• car

• Uncle Giuseppe's

• Mr. Anzini

What is a common noun?

​-words for types of people, places, or things

-more general, does not use specific names

examples: dogs, house, pencils, phone, boy

A proper noun is a specific person, place, or thing.

These nouns have a name.

What is a proper noun?

Multiple Choice

Which is a common noun?

• Carvel

• Baskin Robbins

• ice cream

• Ben and Jerry's

Multiple Choice

Which is a proper noun?

• water

• Poland Spring

• seltzer

• soda

Open Ended

Exit Ticket: Please write one example of a proper noun and a common noun. Make sure they relate to one another.

Example:

Common noun: crayon

Proper noun: Crayola Crayon