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Grammar Toolkit. Proper nouns. What are proper nouns?. Grammar Toolkit. Proper nouns. Proper nouns name specific people, places , days, months and things. Each word in a proper noun begins with a capital letter . Coolangatta. March. Mother Teresa. Scotland. Darling River. Tuesday. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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What are proper nouns?
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Proper nouns
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Proper nouns
Proper nouns name specific people, places, days, months and things. Each word in
a proper noun begins with a capital letter.
Coolangatta
Mother Teresa
Darling River
Elvis Presley
March
Scotland
Tuesday
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Proper nouns
Can you name these proper nouns?
Each word in a proper noun begins with a capital letter.
Albert Einstein
Wall Street Uluru
Sydney Opera House
Santa Claus
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Proper nouns
Proper nouns name specific:• people• places• titles of books, films, magazines, television
programs etc.• titles of positions• months and days• periods and events• institutions and departments• nationalities and languages
President Lincoln, Principal SkinnerTasmania, Lake Superior
Treasure Island, The SimpsonsPrime Minister, Pope, EmperorJuly, Monday
Middle Ages, French RevolutionReserve Bank
Australian, Swahili
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Proper nouns
What are the proper nouns in this text?
sir edmund barton, australian politician and judge, was the first prime minister of australia and a justice of the high court of australia. He was born on 18 january 1849 in the sydney suburb of glebe. Edmund was the ninth child of william barton and mary louise barton. He went to school at fort street high school and sydney grammar school. On a cricket trip to newcastle in 1870, he met jane mason ross, whom he married in 1877.
Sir Edmund Barton, Australian politician and judge, was the first Prime Minister of Australia and a justice of the High Court of Australia. He was born on 18 January 1849 in the Sydney suburb of Glebe. Edmund was the ninth child of William Barton and Mary Louise Barton. He went to school at Fort Street High School and Sydney Grammar School. On a cricket trip to Newcastle in 1870, he met Jane Mason Ross, whom he married in 1877.
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Proper nouns
• Proper nouns name specific people, places, days, months and things.
• Proper nouns always have capital letters for each word.
• In the following sentence, the proper nouns are red. Prime Minister Ben Chifley was born in Bathurst, New South Wales.
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