Common Noun
Common nouns are written with lowercase letters...true or false
True
Days of the week are also proper nouns as they refer to a specific period of time. true or false?
True
True or false? A common noun does not contrast with a proper noun, which is the name (or title) we give to something.
False
True or false? Common nouns are always written with capital letters.
False
hate, happiness, Italy. Select the proper noun
Italy
the following word is common or proper noun?
"President Biden"
Proper
Select the second common noun in this sentence:
Turkeys aren't from Turkey, but there are lots of turkeys in Turkey.
turkey
Which word is Not a proper noun:
Restaurant, Burger King, dish.
Burger King
Write the proper and common noun of the following sentence:
I've been in a lot of castles my favorite is Windsor Castle.
proper noun: Windsor Castle.
common noun: castles.
a) boned
b) bone
c) Bono
b) bone
Choose the correct proper noun:
My uncle, thanks Uncle
Thanks, Uncle
Saturn is a proper or common noun?
Proper
1. they are never capitalized unless they are at the beginning of a sentence.
2. they can be modified by articles, determiners, and adjectives.
3. they usually name classes of things, people, and places rather than specific things, people, and places
Name five categories of proper nouns:
1. People’s names
2. Months and days of the week
3. Holidays
4. Names of companies or organizations
5. Names of countries, cities, towns, etc.
6. Nationalities and languages
7. Geographical and celestial names
8. Monuments and buildings
9. Historic Events
10. People’s titles
11. Religions, deities and scripture
12. Titles of books, films and works of art
When a common noun can become a proper noun and gain capitalization?
when they’re used directly as a name, without any articles or other determiners, they become proper and gain capitalization.