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