Noun Basics
What is a noun?
person, place, thing, or idea
He took a sip of pepsi before driving away.
Pepsi
We flew to Chicago on a massive airplane
What is airplane
identify common and proper nouns
The family drove a cross country to visit Disneyland.
What is Disneyland, family and country
How many proper noun
The Professor told us that Professor Green will lecture on the history of the Roman Empire next Tuesday.
What is 3
What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun
Common nouns name general items
Proper nouns name specific
The hikers walked all the way up Mount Everest.
Mount Everest.
The fireman ran into the burning building.
What is fireman and building
We watched Star Wars on our new television
What is Star Wars ,tv
What should not be capitalized
We always celebrate Thanksgiving during the late Autumn months
What is autumn
Which word in this sentence is a proper noun and must be capitalized? "We went to the zoo on monday."
Monday
School starts on the first tuesday in september
September
The friendly baker, walking into the bakery.
What is baker, and bakery
Every friday, the students play games.
What is Friday, students, games
What type of noun is North
After years of living in the North, they decided to drive south toward the coast.
What is Proper
Which word in this sentence is a common noun?
"Paris is a beautiful city."
City
B
How do you make a regular noun plural?
You usually add -s or -es
The girl carried her books to the library
What is girl, books, library
Question: What type of noun word is the capitalized word "French" in this sentence? "The French chef taught us how to bake traditional baguettes."
What is Proper noun
Which proper noun in this sentence is missing a capital letter? "My doctor is named dr. smith."
Smith
How many proper nouns
Sarah and her cousin visited London last summer.
2
what common noun should not be capitalized?
We sat on the Green grass to eat lunch.
What is green
The Atlantic Ocean is home to many unique sea creatures.
What is Atlantic Ocean
How many proper nouns
The President announced that President Miller will fly west to address the West Coast division of Google this fall.
What is 3