Common and Proper Nouns

Definitions

• Noun- a word that names a person place or thing

• Common noun- names any person place or thing: sister, museum, house.

• Proper noun- the name or title of a specific person, place or organization: Aunt Ida, Brazil, House of Representatives

Examples of common nouns

• sister

• brother

• table

• floor

• school

• playground

Examples of proper nouns

• Mr. Milligan

• Alfred

• Markham School

• Student Council

• World Series

• Days of the week

• Months of the year

Rules

• In English we capitalize all proper nouns, including days of the week, months of the year and nationalities.

• In English we do not capitalize common nouns.

Practice: Below, you will find a list of common nouns and proper nouns. Write them correctly as your teacher dictates them to you, capitalizing the

proper nouns and writing the common nouns with lower case letters.

summer new york hank aaron

home dodger stadium shortstop

california vacaville stadium

park andrews park diamond

mexico july saturday

More practice: Below, you will find a list of common nouns and proper nouns. Write them correctly as your teacher dictates them to you, capitalizing the proper nouns and writing the common nouns with lower case letters.

mitt january boxer

foot monday tuesday

foul ms. mulligan world series

game chivas america