Nouns (Common & Proper)

What is a noun?

• Person

• Restaurant

• Place

• City

• Thing

What type of noun gives a specific person, place, or thing?

• Noun

• Proper noun

• Common noun

• Pronoun

What type of noun gives a general term for a person, place or thing?

• Common Noun

• Proper Noun

• Pronoun

• Collective noun

What is the proper noun in the following sentence?

The elephant, named Dumbo, weighed over six tons!

• Elephant

• Dumbo

What is the common noun in the following sentence:

Christopher obtained a large African elephant.

• elephant

• Christopher

Identify the common noun in the following sentence:

Jennifer went shopping at the store.

Identify the proper noun in the following sentence:

Jennifer went shopping at Target this afternoon.

Identify the common noun in the following sentence:

Chris and Thomas wandered around the park.

Identify the proper noun in the following sentence:

The boys wandered around the Lake Casablanca park.

8. Is the italicized word singular or plural in the following sentence:

The juggler managed to juggle eight bowling pins at once.

• singular

• plural