Common noun Is the name of a general type of person place thing event or idea Most of the nouns we use are common nouns These nouns begin with a lower case letter Examples mountain h oliday ID: 799677
Download The PPT/PDF document "LESSON 2-2: COMMON AND PROPER NOUNS" is the property of its rightful owner. Permission is granted to download and print the materials on this web site for personal, non-commercial use only, and to display it on your personal computer provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright notices contained in the materials. By downloading content from our website, you accept the terms of this agreement.
Slide1
LESSON 2-2: COMMON AND PROPER NOUNS
Slide2Common noun
Is the name of a general type of person, place, thing, event or idea.
Most of the nouns we use are common nouns.
These nouns begin with a lower case letter.
Examples:
mountain
h
oliday
magazine
Slide3Proper noun
Is the name of a specific person, place, thing, event or idea.
In writing, proper nouns ALWAYS begin with capital letters.
Specific = to single out something
Example:
Mount Everest
Thanksgiving
Cosmopolitan
Slide4Let’s try it
Tell me a proper noun that goes with the common noun.
country Spain, England, Columbia, Nicaragua, France, USA, Russia, Peru
s
tate Florida, Kentucky, California, Connecticut, Mississippi, Georgia
m
ovie Frozen, Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Fault in Our Stars, Safe Haven, The Amazing Spiderman, The Fugitive, Star Wars, Heaven is Real, The Hunger Games, The Walking Dead, Grey’s Anatomy
TV show
Month
Slide5Let’s try it
Identify which are proper nouns in the sentence. Then, capitalize each proper noun. Each sentence has at least one proper noun.
My friend Angela loves to swim.
Her favorite swimmer is Janet
E
vans.
Janet won three gold medals in the 1988
S
ummer Olympics.
Those games took place in Seoul,
K
orea.
Janet also won a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Slide6Proper nouns: places
The names of parts of the country or world are proper nouns.
WHO CAN NAME ME A COUNTRY IN THE WORLD? A CONTINENT? AN OCEAN? A RIVER? A CITY?
When compass directions are used as nouns, they are common nouns.
What are the four directions?
Example:
Part of the Country Darnell visited the
East
with his family.
Direction The plane flew toward the
east
.
Slide7Let’s Try It
Capitalize each proper noun.
Not every sentence has a proper noun.
J
ennifer took a trip to the South.
On the first day, she drove 200 miles southeast.
She began in
S
pringfield and went to Tennessee.
The next day she headed south toward Alabama.
She liked the South very much.
Slide8Proper nouns: languages, courses and subjects
The name of a language is a proper noun.
The name of a course in school is a proper noun.
The name of a subject is a common noun.
Example:
Proper Noun
Common Noun
Spanish language
Algebra II math
Slide9Let’s try it
Write the letter of the sentence with the correct capitalization.
A. Celia is in the Band.
B. Celia took Beginning Band this year.
A. Next year Carlos is taking a history class.
B. Next year Carlos is taking a History class.
A. Angela enjoys all physical education classes.
B. Angela enjoys all Physical Education classes.
Slide10LET’S TRY IT
Write the letter of the sentence with the correct capitalization.
A. All of the students take english.
B. All of the students take English.
A. Yoko plans to study
f
rench next year.
B. Yoko plans to study French next year.
Slide11Proper nouns: ABBREVIATIONS
An
abbreviation
is a short form of a word.
If the word is a proper noun, you capitalize its abbreviation.
Example:
Proper Noun
Abbreviation
Maryland MD
Doctor Turner Dr. Turner
Franklin Street Franklin St.
Slide12Proper Nouns: addresses
Most of the words in an address are proper nouns.
Therefore, you must capitalize what is a proper noun.
Example:
ms.
julie
choy
[Incorrect]
2760 west 86
th
ave.
, apt. 9
westminister
, co 80030
Ms. Julie Choy
[Correct]
2760 West 86
th
Ave., Apt. 9
Westminister
, CO 80030
Slide13Let’s try it
Write each address. Capitalize each proper noun. Capitalize each abbreviation of a proper noun.
1) Mr. Dan
C
onnell 2)
Dr.
A
ziza
A
lmas
923
B
arnett
D
rive
Nassau
P
rofessional
B
uilding
Starkville, Mississippi 39759
Nassau
, Delaware 19969
M
rs
.
Lenora
G
omez
4)
M
r
.
H
ak
L
ee
2138
W
hitehall
C
ourt
6884
Johnson
W
ay
C
rofton
,
MD
21114
L
anham
,
MD
20706
Slide14TITLES
Capitalize the first word of a title.
Capitalize each important word
.
Underline the title of a movie, book, magazine, opera or play
.
If you are using a computer to write, then use italics instead of underlining
.
Put quotation marks around the title of a song, poem or short story.
Slide15Titles: Examples
Song “America, the Beautiful”
Book
The Red Pony
or
The Red Pony
Shorty Story “To Build a Fire”
Slide16Let’s try it
Write each title. Capitalize the first word and each important word. Then underline or add quotation marks.
R
omeo
and Juliet
(play)
T
he
W
izard
of
O
z
(movie)
T
he
P
erfect
S
torm
(book)
“Y
ellow
S
ubmarine”
(song)
“T
he
R
aven”
(poem)