By Kaley and Aimar What is a common noun Common nouns are the general names of people places and things These types of nouns are usually not capitalized unless they are the first word of a sentence ID: 141807
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Common and Proper Nouns Capitalization
By: Kaley and AimarSlide2
What is a common noun?
Common nouns are the general names of people, places, and things.
These types of nouns are usually not capitalized unless they are the first word of a sentence.
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What is a proper noun?
Proper nouns are the names of a specific person, place, or thing.
The basic rule of proper nouns is that the first letter is capitalized. Slide4
Common noun examples
woman
city
ocean
Ex: The
w
oman in the
r
estaurant lives in the
c
ity.
The common nouns
woman
,
restaurant
, and
city
in the sentence need to be written in lowercase since the nouns are not referring to any one or anything in specific.Slide5
Proper noun examples
Aimar Sandoval
San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Ex: When
M
ichelle
O
bama went to
N
ew
Y
ork
C
ity she went to
S
tarbucks.
The proper nouns
Michelle Obama, New York City,
and
Starbucks
in the sentence have to be capitalized since they are referring to a specific person, city and place.
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Question # 1
1. A proper noun for the common noun “actress” would be _____.
she
Beyoncé
performer Slide7
The correct answer is B!
Because “she” and “performer” are not proper nouns like Beyoncé as it refers to an actress in specific.
You can tell by how it’s capitalized too.
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Question # 2
Q. A common noun for the proper noun “Washington DC” would be ______.
city
Virginia
it Slide9
The correct is A!
Because “Virginia” is referring to a specific place and “it” could be anything whereas it’s asking for the common noun of “Washington DC” that could only be city.