| Noun: a person, place, thing, or idea. |
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| A common noun refers to a non-specific person, place, or thing. |
| boy city mountain girl state book teacher country animal |
| A proper noun refers to a specific person, place, or thing. |
| Charles St. Louis Rocky Mountains Maria Illinois The Little Prince Mr. Anderson France Bengal Tiger |
| Common Nouns Proper Nouns day Saturday, Thursday nation England, Greece street Elm Street road Moson Road river Mississippi language Spanish organization Girl Scouts of America |
| Compare the following lists of common nouns and proper nouns. What pattern do you recognize? |
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A common noun is not capitalized unless it begins a sentence. A proper noun is always capitalized. |
Exercise 2: Create a list of 10 proper nouns. |
Exercise 1: Create a list of 10 common nouns. |
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| Exercise 4: Can you identify the common noun(s) and proper noun(s) in a picture? Click here or on the arrow for the next exercise. |