Common and Proper Nouns

What is a noun?

• an action word

• a word that describes

• A person, place, thing or idea

Read the sentence. What is the common noun?

Bob ran to the bus.

• Bob

• ran

• to

• bus

What is the proper noun in this sentence?

Robert saved the puzzle piece.

• Robert

• saved

• puzzle

• piece

What are common nouns in the sentence?

The bridge was hung by cables.

• The/bridge

• bridge/hung

• by/cables

• bridge/cables

What are the two proper nouns?

Charlie went to the party on Saturday.

• Charlie/Saturday

• Charlie/went

• Charlie/party

• party/Saturday

What are the common nouns?

Robert thought his dad built the bridge by himself.

• Robert/dad

• Robert/bridge

• dad/built

• dad/bridge

What do all proper nouns start with?

• A capital letter

• A lowercase letter

Read the sentence. Is there a mistake?

Robert's father always had on a red scarf.

• Yes; father should be capitalized

• Yes: Robert should be lowercase

• Yes; scarf should be capitalized

• No; there are not any mistakes

What should should be capitalized in the sentence?

The bridge was in the city of san francisco.

• bridge

• city

• san francisco

• was

What word should be capitalized?

The weather in october was wet and foggy.

• weather

• october

• wet

• foggy