Common Nouns and proper Nouns

 Subject: Nouns.

There are two main types of Nouns.

1- Common Nouns.

These common Nouns are words for things.

1-Ruler

2-Pen

3-crayon 

4-Pencil

5-book

6-dictionary

7-courage

8-chair

9-table 

10-sofa 

11-Lamp

12-carpet

2- these common Nouns are words for Animals. Young Animals are included.

Animal| It Young:

Dog.|         Puppy

Cat|               Kitten 

Cow|               Calf 

Horse|                Foal

Sheep|                  Lamp

Goat|                     Kid 

Frog|                      Tadpole 

Fox|                         Cub

Elephant|                  Calf

Kangaroo|                  Joey 

Bear|                            Cub

Lion|                             Cub

Tiger|                             Cub

Whale|                           Calf 

3- These common Nouns are words for places:

1-Bank

2-Hotel 

3-Library

4-Museum 

5-Mall

6-theatre 

7-Hospital 

8-Airtport

9-Park

10-Zoo

11-Factory

12-School

4-These Common Nouns are words for people who do certain things.

1- Singer

2-Dancer

3-Artist

4-photographer

5-Magician

6-Athlete 

7-Teacher 

8-Doctor 

9- Dentist 

10- Secretary

11-Driver

12-Sailor

2- Proper Nouns:

The name of particular people places and things are called Proper Nouns.

They always begin with a Capital letter:

1-These people Names are proper Nouns:

1- Robbin Hood

2-Aladdin 

3-Harry Potter

4-Santa Claus 

5-Mahatma Gandhi 

6-Florence Nighttingale

7-Frankestein

8-Confusius

9-Julia Roberts

10-Nelson Mandela 

2- The name of the week and the Month of the year are also Proper Nouns:

1- Day of the week:

1-Monday 

2-Tuesday 

3-wednesday 

4-Thursday 

5-Friday 

6-Saturday 

7-Sunday 

2- The Months of the year:

1-January 

2-February 

3-March

4-April

5-May

6-June

7-July

8-august 

9-September 

10-October

11-November 

12-December 

3- The Name Of special days and celebrations are also Proper Nouns:

1- New Years Day 

2-Mothers Day

3-Valentines Day 

4-Labor Day

5-Ramadan 

6-Veterans Day

7-Thanksgiving 

8-Memorial Day

9-Halloween

10-Christmas

11-Yom kipur 

4-The Name of Famous Places Buildings and Monuments are also Proper Nouns.

1-Big Ben 

2- The Sphinx 

3-Graceland 

4- The Grand Canyon 

5-The Sidney opera House

6-Buckingham Palace

7-The Leaning tower of Pisa 

8-Empire state building 

9-The Taj Mahal

10-The Eiffel Tower 

5- The name of people who live in a particular country are also Proper Nouns:

Cumtry| People

Australia Australians

Britain|    The British 

China|         The chinese

France|          The French 

Germany|          Germans

India|      Indians

Italy|          Italians 

Exercise grammar:

Write each common Nouns under the correct heading:

Theater Lion Father Brother 

Doctor Restaurant Builder stove 

Elephant Kangaroo Museum Library 

Animals| Things| Places| People 

      

2- underline the common Nouns and circle the proper Noun:

1-I told uncle John about my accident.

2-Kim and Stephanie wore a mask on Halloween.

3-the lownmower is broken.

4- we are going to the movies tomorrow.

5-The lion is playing with one of his cubs

6-My sister favorite soccers player is David Beckham.

7-I am watching a videoTape about the sahara desert.

8- the tourists visited Rome and saw the colosseum.

Exercise 3 grammar:

Read the following passage containing Common Nouns and Proper Nouns.

Put a C in the box after a common Noun and a P after a proper Noun:

Mr. peters______ live in Maine______in a big house._____By the sea________he has tree cats_________and a dog ______. He likes to travel to different countries _________last Christmas ,_______He went to Paris ________and saw the Eiffel Tower _______.

He enjoyed eating French food ________in nice restaurants.

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