Common and proper nouns

Common and Proper Nouns

Multiple Choice

True or False: A common noun is a specific person, place, or thing.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False: A common noun is capitalized.

• True

• False

Common Noun

• A common noun can be a person, place, or thing

•  teacher (person), museum (place), notebook (thing)

Open Ended

Share three examples of common nouns.

Multiple Choice

True or False: A proper noun is a specific person, place, or thing.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or false: A proper noun is not capitalized.

• True

• False

Proper Noun

• A proper noun names a specific person, place, or thing

• Proper nouns are capitalized

Open Ended

Share three examples of proper nouns.

Common and Proper Nouns

• school - Marie Reed Elementary School

• teacher - Mr. Norton

• city - Washington, DC

• cat - Calypso

Each sentence will have an underlined noun. Choose whether the noun is a common noun or a proper noun.

Multiple Choice

Uncle Dale is taking me fishing at Jordan Lake.

• proper noun

• common noun

Multiple Choice

We will leave early on Saturday morning.

• proper noun

• common noun

Multiple Choice

My brother, Cole, is coming with us.

• proper noun

• common noun

Multiple Choice

Uncle Dale lives far away in a city called Denver.

• proper noun

• common noun

Multiple Choice

He is a Math teacher at Marie Reed.

• proper noun

• common noun

Multiple Choice

I have a calico cat named Calypso.

• proper noun

• common noun

Definitions

• Match the word with the correct definition of each type of noun.

Multiple Choice

Which word matches this definition?

A specific person, place, or thing.

• proper noun

• common noun

Multiple Choice

Which word matches this definition?

A person, place, or thing.

• proper noun

• common noun

Matching Nouns

Read all of the word choices. Select all of the words that are proper nouns or common nouns.

Multiple Select

Choose each word that is a common noun.

• teacher

• Mr. Norton

• school

• Marie Reed

Multiple Select

Choose each word that is a common noun.

• New York

• brother

• park

• Malcolm X Park

Multiple Select

Choose each word that is a proper noun.

• Mexico

• Adams Morgan

• restaurant

• Timber Pizza