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Common Nouns Common Nouns are nouns that are not specific. They are not capitalized unless they are at the beginning of a sentence or part of a title.TRANSCRIPT
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Nouns
Recall that nouns name people, places, things, ideas, and animals. All nouns can be categorized into 2 groups: Common Nouns, and Proper Nouns.
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Common Nouns
Common Nouns are nouns that are not specific. They are not capitalized unless they are at the beginning of a sentence or part of a title.
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Proper Nouns
Proper Nouns, on the other hand, are nouns are specific. They name specific people, places, things, ideas, and animals. They are always capitalized.
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Common vs. Proper
Common Nounsbuilding
documentpersonstate
schoolbookcity
Proper NounsEmpire State Building
United States ConstitutionJohn Quincy Adams
TexasLincoln UniversityCharlotte’s Web
Chicago
Notice that the common nouns
are all general terms, whereas the proper nouns are
all very specific.
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Common or Proper?
Practice: Decide if each noun is common or proper.
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Common or Proper?
Practice: Decide if each noun is common or proper.
manCommon Noun
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Common or Proper?
Practice: Decide if each noun is common or proper.
George WashingtonProper Noun
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Common or Proper?
Practice: Decide if each noun is common or proper.
streetCommon Noun
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Common or Proper?
Practice: Decide if each noun is common or proper.
Straight StreetProper Noun
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Common or Proper?
Practice: Decide if each noun is common or proper.
SeattleProper Noun
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Common or Proper?
Practice: Decide if each noun is common or proper.
cityCommon Noun
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Common or Proper?
Practice: Decide if each noun is common or proper.
Statue of LibertyProper Noun
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Common or Proper?
Practice: Decide if each noun is common or proper.
statueCommon Noun
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Common or Proper?
Practice: Decide if each noun is common or proper.
IllinoisProper Noun
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Common or Proper?
Practice: Decide if each noun is common or proper.
stateCommon Noun
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Common or Proper?
Practice: Decide if each noun is common or proper.
lakeCommon Noun
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Common or Proper?
Practice: Decide if each noun is common or proper.
Lake MichiganProper Noun
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Common or Proper?
Practice: Decide if each noun is common or proper.
companyCommon Noun
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Congratulations!
You now know the difference between common and proper nouns!