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What is a common noun?
A common noun is a general name of a person, place, animal, or thing. It starts with a small letter.
Name a common noun.
Give an example of a common noun in a sentence.
Identify the common nouns in this sentence: "The dog ran to the park."
dog, park
What are three common nouns you see every day?
What is a proper noun?
A proper noun is a specific name of a person, place, animal, or thing. It starts with a big letter.
Name a proper noun.
Give a sentence using a proper noun.
Identify the proper nouns in this sentence: "Sarah and John went to Disneyland."
Sarah, John, Disneyland
Why do we capitalize proper nouns?
Because it is a specific name of a noun.
What is the difference between common and proper nouns?
Common nouns are general names of nouns while proper nouns are specific names of nouns.
Give one common noun and one proper noun.
Explain why "city" is a common noun and "New York" is a proper noun.
Find a common noun in this sentence: "The teacher gave the students candies."
teacher, students, candies
