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Common and Proper Nouns Explained

The document defines common and proper nouns and provides examples to illustrate the difference between the two types of nouns. It states that common nouns are general names for people, places, animals, and things that start with a lowercase letter, while proper nouns are specific names that start with a capital letter. Several activities are included for students to practice identifying and classifying common and proper nouns.

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Common and Proper Nouns Explained

The document defines common and proper nouns and provides examples to illustrate the difference between the two types of nouns. It states that common nouns are general names for people, places, animals, and things that start with a lowercase letter, while proper nouns are specific names that start with a capital letter. Several activities are included for students to practice identifying and classifying common and proper nouns.

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“Teacher

ANNABELLE”
Common
Noun
&
Noun
is a name of a person,
place, animals and
things.
Persons Places Animals Things
2 Types of Noun

Common
Noun
&
Common Noun

General names of person,


places, animals and things.

And it starts with small letter .


Common Noun
persons

mother
doctor
teacher policeman
Common Noun
places

school mall

hospital park
Common Noun
animals

cat
horse

dog rabbit
Common Noun
things

television comb

mobile phone pencil


Proper Noun

Specific names of person,


places, animals and things.

And it starts with big letter .


Proper Noun
persons

mother
doctor Brenda Uy
Dr. Alvin Wong
teacher
policeman
Annabelle Dusal- Marcus Cruz
Najial
Proper Noun
places

school mall
Rabat Rocamora Mati ER mall
Central School SPED Center

hospital park
Baywalk park
Davao Oriental Provincial Hospital
Proper Noun
animals

cat horse
Kitty Champion

rabbit
dog Whitey
Brownie
Proper Noun
things

comb
television Paganini
Samsung

pencil
mobile phone
Vivo Mongol
Let’s Find Out!
Write P if the word is Proper noun, Write
C if it is common noun.

television Paganini
Mrs.Annabelle Najial

l
Dr.
dog
dogdo Panopio
WORD HUNT!
Analyze the given nouns in the box below and put
them in the proper or common noun according to their
classifications

Mr. Smith candy Oreo boy


cat Jack biscuits park

Proper Nouns Common Nouns


1. 1.

2 2.

3 3.

4 4.
dogdo
NOUN MATCH!
Draw a line to match the Common Noun to the Proper Noun

COMMON NOUNS PROPER NOUNS

1. mother • Coconut tree

2. food • Tom

3. cat • Fried Chicken

4. toy • Ms. Anna

5. tree • Teddy Bear


Make it a Proper Noun!

Identify and write a Proper Noun in the right column


that goes with the Common Noun in the left column.

Common Noun Proper Noun


1. animals ____________________

2. man ____________________

3. woman ____________________

4. country ____________________

5. food ____________________
Common Nouns or Proper Nouns?

Identify if the underlined noun is common noun or proper noun.


Example: Look after my dog while I’m gone
(Common Noun)

1. Kiko invited his friends to the party. ____________

2. The children are playing in the park. ____________

3. Our cat Muning was sleeping on the table. ________

4. Monday is my favorite day. ______________

5. Ms. Annabelle is the name of our teacher. _________

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