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Types of Nouns: 
Common & Proper Nouns
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Common Nouns
  • Common nouns are any person, place, or thing.  Common nouns are not capitalized.
    • the city
    • a policeman
    • that newspaper


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Proper Nouns
  • Proper Nouns are the name of a special person, place, or thing.  Proper nouns are capitalized.
    • Dallas
    • Officer Walker
    • New York Times


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Tell if the underlined noun is common or proper.  Click the noun to check your answer.
  • Mary visited the school last Friday.
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Common Noun
  • It is not capitalized and names any person, place, or thing.
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Proper Noun
  • It is capitalized and names a special person, place, or thing.
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Tell if the underlined noun is common or proper.  Click the noun to check your answer.
  • The President rode in a limousine.
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Common Noun
  • It is not capitalized and names any person, place, or thing.
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Proper Noun
  • It is capitalized and names a special person, place, or thing.
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Tell if the underlined noun is common or proper.  Click the noun to check your answer.
  • The elephants and monkeys were at the San Francisco Zoo.
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Common Noun
  • It is not capitalized and names any person, place, or thing.
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Proper Noun
  • It is capitalized and names a special person, place, or thing.
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Tell if the underlined noun is common or proper.  Click the noun to check your answer.
  • All of Amy’s paper is missing from her notebook.
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Common Noun
  • It is not capitalized and names any person, place, or thing.
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Proper Noun
  • It is capitalized and names a special person, place, or thing.
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Write this sentence correctly.  Remember to capitalize proper nouns.
  • My parents joined grover church last sunday.
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Write this sentence correctly.  Remember to capitalize proper nouns.
  • My parents joined Grover Church last Sunday.
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Write this sentence correctly.  Remember to capitalize proper nouns.
  • Uncle rob used to live in orlando, florida.
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Write this sentence correctly.  Remember to capitalize proper nouns.
  • Uncle Rob used to live in Orlando, Florida.
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Write this sentence correctly.  Remember to capitalize proper nouns.
  • We heard the govenor’s speech on television in january.
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Write this sentence correctly.  Remember to capitalize proper nouns.
  • We heard the Govenor’s speech on television in January.
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Write this sentence correctly.  Remember to capitalize proper nouns.
  • Both randal and sue visited marine world.
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Write this sentence correctly.  Remember to capitalize proper nouns.
  • Both Randal and Sue visited Marine World.
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