Proper Nouns

1. Proper Nouns

2. A Proper Noun NAMES a
person, place, or thing.

3. What’s the difference between
a Common Noun and a
Proper Noun?

4. I’m glad you asked!
The key word is NAMES, a Proper Noun
NAMES the Common Noun.
If I say The girl went to the store I can mean any
girl. But if I say Kayley went to the store then we
know exactly which girl went to the store.
The Common Noun—girl, can mean anyone
The Proper Noun—Kayley, names the girl

5. boy and girl are common
nouns

6. The names of the boys and girls are
Proper Nouns and should be
capitalized
Kayley
Princesa
Michaela
Nicole
Ellie
Makenzie
Ugne
Audree
Madison
Jessica
Marina
Serena
Kunhee
Kiernan
John
Skyler
Kerolos
Tyler
Ian
David
Phillip
Kona

7. teacher and principal are
Common Nouns

8. The names of the teachers and
principals are Proper Nouns and
should be capitalized
Mrs. Lesh
Miss. McNutt
Mrs. Parent
Mrs. Sharp
Mrs. Stewart
Mrs. Zollman
Mrs. Turner
Mrs. Fagen

9. day and month are
Common Nouns

10. The NAMES of the days and months
are Proper Nouns and should be
capitalized
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

11. What about holidays? Are
they Proper Nouns?
Common Noun
Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukah,
Christmas, New Years Eve,
Valentine’s Day—they are all Proper
Nouns.
YES!

12. city and state are Common
Nouns

13. The NAMES of the cities and states
are Proper Nouns and should be
capitalized
Indiana
New York
Florida
Ohio
Illinois
California
Texas
Indianapolis
Carmel
Westfield
Chicago
San Diego
Detroit
Orlando
Boston

14. What are some other
examples of Common
Nouns?
Can you make them each
a Proper Noun?

15. Common Noun
Justin BieberSinger
Proper Noun
The NAME of a singer

16. Common Noun
Finding NemoMovie
Proper Noun
The NAME of a movie

17. Common Noun
Harry PotterBook
Proper Noun
The NAME of a book

18. Common Noun
Never Say NeverSong
Proper Noun
The NAME of a song

19. Let’s Practice!

20. The girl is very smart.

21. girl is a Common Noun. If we
wanted to know which girl was
smart we would put a girls
NAME in place of girl.

22. _____ is very smart.

23. Nicole is very smart.
Who is very smart?
Nicole is a Proper Noun and
names the girl. We capitalize her
name.

24. The boy went to see the
doctor.

25. The boy went to see the
doctor.
boy is a Common Noun. If we put
Phillip’s name in for boy, we have named
the boy.

26. Phillip went to see the doctor.
Who went to see the doctor?
We now know that Phillip is the boy who went to
see the doctor. Phillip NAMES the boy. We
capitalize his name.

27. What about people’s titles?

28. Now what is a title?

29. Dr.
Mrs.
Miss.
Mr.
Ms.
Aunt
Uncle
Those are all titles. They help
us identify a person and are also
Proper Nouns.

30. Let’s Practice!

31. When I get a shot dr. harris always give
me a sucker.

32. When I get a shot dr. harris always give
me a sucker.
What’s wrong with this
sentence?

33. When I get a shot dr. harris always give
me a sucker.
Dr. Harris is a title and should
be capitalized because he
names a doctor.

34. When I get a shot Dr. Harris always give
me a sucker.

35. My aunt amy gives the best presents.
What’s wrong with this sentence?

36. My aunt amy gives the best presents.
Who is Amy?
She is your Aunt—Aunt is her title
and you capitalize all titles!

37. My Aunt Amy gives the best presents.
Who is Amy?
She is your Aunt—Aunt is her title
and you capitalize all titles!