Capitalization of Proper Nouns and Common Nouns

A proper noun is:

• a word that represents any person, place, or thing

• a word that tells an action

• a word that represents a specific person, place, or thing

• a word that describes a noun

A proper adjective is:

• a word that names a specific person, place, or thing

• a describing word that is formed from a proper noun

• an action word

• a verb that acts as a describing word

Which word(s) should be capitalized? (If there is more than one, select more than one answer)

New Years eve is my favorite holiday.

• my

• holiday

• eve

• is

Which word SHOULD NOT be capitalized because it is a common noun?

• Flower
• Dallas
• Texas
• Hurricane Harbor

Which of the following is a proper noun?

• museum
• New York City
• park
• swimming pool

Which of the following is a common noun?

• Timmy

• has

• hurt

• foot

Select the proper adjective in the following sentence.

A Chaplin movie is playing nearby at Cinemark.

• movie

• Chaplin

• nearby

• Cinemark

Which word is the proper adjective?

Have you seen the Portuguese coins?

• coins

• Portuguese

• you

• seen

Which word is the proper adjective?

Our club met at Panera during Christmas vacation.

• club

• our

• Christmas

• Panera

Which word is the proper adjective?

An Irish leprechaun is the team mascot.

• Irish

• leprechaun

• mascot

• team