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Common and
Proper Nouns
Introduction
A noun is a person, place or thing.
Examples:
man, book, bridge
Introduction
• A proper noun names a specific person,
place or thing.
• Examples: Mr.Key, Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets, The Golden Gate
Bridge
Which of these is a common noun?
• McDonald’s
• Restaurant
• Pizza Hut
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Which of these is a proper noun?
• Radio
• I-POD
• MP3 Player
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Which of these is a common noun?
• Dell
• Gateway
• Computer
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Which of these is a proper noun?
• Michael
• Child
• Boy
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We live in the state of Virginia.
The underlined word is a ________
• Common noun
• Proper noun
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We live in the state of Virginia.
The underlined word is a ________
• Common noun
• Proper noun
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Which of these is not a common noun?
• Coach
• Teacher
• Mr. Smith
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Which of these is not a proper noun?
• Amherst County
• Town
• Nelson County
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Does Jimmy really want to move to California?
The underlined nouns are ______
• Common
• Proper
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An impolite fish asked my brother for a worm.
The underlined nouns are all ______.
• Common
• Proper
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Amy will travel to Norway and Sweden.
The underlined nouns are all ______.
• Common
• Proper
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Which is larger, Microsoft or Intel?
The underlined nouns are all ______.
• Common
• Proper
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Which noun is always capitalized?
• Common
• Proper
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action figure, Bratz doll, car, Disney
Princess, electronic game, Fisher Price
Little People, ___________
The next best toy to fit the pattern should be ______
• Game
• G I Joe
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Which of these is a common noun?
• Auto
• Dodge
• Ford
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Apple Jacks, Cheerios, Honey Comb,
Pop tarts, oatmeal
The underlined word doesn’t belong
because it’s a ________
• Common noun
• Proper noun
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Read the sentence below. All the nouns are
common except _______.
Brenda’s smile became a frown as she
noticed the tiny insects crawling out of her
sandwich.
• smile
• frown
• Brenda
• insects
• sandwich
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Which of these is not a proper noun?
• Fido
• Spot
• Dog
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Which of these is a common noun?
• Grocery store
• Food Lion
• Kroger
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Which of these is a common noun?
• X-Box
• Hand held game
• PSP
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Which of these is a proper noun?
• English
• language
• speech
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