Common Nouns
A common noun is a general
name for a person, a place, a
thing, or an idea. Common
nouns are not capitalized.
Common Nouns
team
athlete
novel
men
city
school
hurricane
women
holiday
musician
building
coast
factories
magazine
book
Common Nouns
pencil
ruler
cup
brush
knife
Proper Nouns
A proper noun is the name of a
particular person, place, thing, or
idea. Proper nouns always begin
with a capital letter.
Proper Nouns
American
Dallas
America
Woodbury
East Side
French
April
Chicago
Europe
World War I
Proper Nouns
Tennessee
United States
Florida
North America
Washington
Alabama
George, foot, party, shelf, March, watch, Monday,
White House, sun, Nashville, cat, Atlantic
Common
 foot
 party
 shelf
 watch
 sun
 cat
Proper
 George
 March
 Monday
 White House
 Nashville
 Atlantic
Common and Proper Nouns
Captain Kirk and Spock are the
main characters.
Persons
Disney World is near Orlando,
Florida.
Places
The book fell from the table and
hit the floor.
Things
He showed a great deal of
kindness and courage. Ideas
Find the Common and Proper
Nouns
Hurricanes hit the coast of Florida
during August.
A French explorer named Cadillac
founded Detroit.
Zora Neale Hurston wrote novels
and collected folk tales about
African Americans.
During World War ll, many
American women worked in
factories while the men fought in
Europe.
Batman lives in Gotham City.
Spiders weave webs to catch
insects.
This movie is interesting.