Proper Nouns

What is a noun?

• A person, place, thing, animal, idea

• Describes a word

• An action

What is a proper noun?

• A noun that does not name anything.

• A noun that names a particular person, place, thing, animal, or idea

• A noun that only names a person and nothing else.

What is/are the proper noun(s) in this sentence?

In 1969, Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. He did not see Chang Er on the moon.

(May have more than one answer)

• Neil Armstrong
• moon
• Chang Er

• walked

Which sentence is written correctly?

• I live in a tiny house in Clementi.

• I live in a tiny House in Clementi.

• I live in a tiny house in CLEMENTI.

Which sentence is written correctly?

• My friend's name is jill Smith.

• My friend's name is Jill Smith.

• My friend's name is Jill smith.

Identify the proper nouns in the sentence:

Tina will eat a burger from Burger Queen.

• Tina

• eat

• burger

• Burger Queen

Identify the proper noun in the sentence:

He drives his Toyota car to the park.

• he

• Toyota

• car

• park

Identify the proper nouns in the sentence:

My family went to London, England last year.

• family

• London

• England

• year

The word dog is a proper noun.

• True

• False

The word Tokyo is a proper noun...

• True

• False