What are the nouns that you know?

Common and Proper Nouns

Common Nouns

Proper Nouns

teacherTeacher

Irina

school Shuren-Ribet

boy Leo

shoes Nike

Common Nouns

Proper Nouns

-name any person, place or things

-name specific person, place or things

-start with a small letter

school

-start with a CAPITAL letter

Shuren- Ribet School

Is it a common noun or a proper noun?

studentcommo

n

carcommo

n

dogcommo

n

Avril Lavigne proper

presidentcommo

n

Mondayproper

Peter proper

towncommo

n

storycommo

n

Finding theTitanic proper

Circle the proper noun.Box the common noun.

propernouns

common noun

1. My favorite singer is Michael Jackson.

2. Tina went to a park.

3. I like the book about Akiak.

4. My favorite song is My Heart Will Go On.

5. We like the movie Transformer.

common nouns• names of any person,

places, or things

proper nouns

• names of specific person, places, or things

• start with a small letter

• start with a capital letter

• names of any person, places, or things

• start with a small letter

• names of specific person, places, or things

• start with a capital letter

We can change common nouns to plural form. (+s, +es, +ves,…)

boy boys

pet petscontine

ntcontine

ntschild

children

Take note!

schoolschool

sShuren

Shurens

teacher

teachersMaricca

Marricas

Take note!countr

ycountri

es

shirt shirts

China Chinas

Nike Nikes

writing nouns

in a series

My friend bought books.My friend bought pens.

My friend boughtbooksandpens

.

My friend bought books.My friend bought pens.My friend bought an

eraser.

My friend boughtbooks

,pens,andan eraser.

When two words are written in the series,

My friend bought pens and books.

we add “and” before the last word.

When three or more words are written in the series,

My friend bought pens, books, and an eraser.we add “and” before the last word, and the words are separated by a comma ( ,)