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Common and Proper Nouns

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