Nouns : Nouns Words to know noun: part of speech that names a person, place, thing, event, or idea
common noun: a word that that names any person, place, thing, event, or idea. Copy the words listed below. Find and circle common nouns – 14 of them. Leaf bird the pretty sister a bed have our seen for fox its hill tired peanut too ticket so morning fun smaller cake table run away baker also ant very
Common Noun continued : Common Noun continued Words like clown, doctor, and aunt are common nouns that name people. Words like park, mountain, and town are common nouns that name places. Look at nouns in the sentences below.
name people:
The nurse is very nice. She is helping a patient.
name places:
The hospital is very large. It faces the river. Copy each sentence. Circle the common nouns. Then write what that noun names: person or place.
Run down the hill with me.
That clerk is new here.
Our home is neat and clean.
May I call your office?
The janitor is working late.
Common Noun continued : Common Noun continued Words like computer, candy bar, and hat are nouns that name things. Words like contest, party, and trial are nouns that name events. Look at the nouns in the sentences below.
name things:
I wrapped the present carefully. The dishes inside seemed fragile.
name events:
I walked to the party. It was for Primo’s birthday. Copy each sentence. Circle the common nouns. Then write what that noun names: thing or event.
Those pencils are new.
The concert started too late.
The race was very exciting.
His truck was old and rusty.
Who will loan me a dollar?
Proper Nouns : Proper Nouns Words to know:
proper noun: a word that names a specific person, place, thing, event, or idea.
common noun: a word that names any person, place, thing, event, or idea.
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You use proper noun every day. The name of every person in your family is a proper noun. The name of every student in your classroom is a proper noun. So are the names of city, state, and country.
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Everything that can be named with a proper noun can also be named with common noun.
Example: proper noun = Mars or Rodriguez
common noun = planet, student Practice identifying:
Copy each of the following pairs into your notebook. Then, circle the proper noun in the pair, and underline the common noun in the pair.
student Teressa
Hawaii state
city Memphis
Pet Fluffy
Labor Day holiday
Mexico country
Finfinne Ethiopia
Jupiter planet
Sunday day
Star Sun
month October
woman/lady Mary
Foster principal
Darwinism philosophy
Christianity religion
Proper Nouns continued : Proper Nouns continued Like common nouns, proper nouns can be made up of two or more words
proper noun: South Dakota, Edgar Allen Poe, Rose Bowl, Alexandara Daniela Olvera etc.
Copy the following sentences, and circle only the proper nouns.
Did you invite Andrew to the party?
Did you mean Andrew Carlton or Andrew Rosenberg?
We bought the birthday cake at Romana Pastry Shop.
The party will be held at Central Park.
We got the decorations at Fun Town. Every proper noun is the particular name of a common noun.
common noun = park
proper noun = Central Park
Copy the following lists. By drawing a line between the nouns, match the common nouns from List 1 with their proper nouns in List 2.
List 1 List 2
river Dr. Joyce Brothers
school Muir Woods
Doctor Mississippi River
Forest Wooddale High School
Proper Nouns continued : Proper Nouns continued Names or titles of particular things are proper nouns. Proper nouns are always capitalized. Some times a short word is part of a name or title. These short words are not capitalized. Only the important words in a name or title are capitalized.
names or title =
Washington High School
American Legion
James and the Giant Peach
Copy the following sentences, and re-write them by capitalizing the important words in the names and titles that are underlined.
The name of that company is donna white and daughters.
We visited the tower of london during our trip.
Linda wrote a book report on huckleberry finn.
Tom lives near the university of california at los angles.
The best store for food is big bear suppermarket. Remember that a common noun does not begin with a capital letter.
Copy the following sentences. Rewrite them by correcting either wrongly capitalized words or wrongly written in lower case words.
I live at the Corner of polk street and tenth avenue.
He is the Catcher for the georgia bulldogs baseball team.
She had lunch at north beach pizza parlor.
We took the Train to north station.