Common Nouns
Proper Nouns
Proper Nouns
True or False
Fix It!
100
dog, cat, bird, horse, pig
simple names of animals
100
January, March, Tuesday, Saturday, April, Thursday
Specific Time Words (months of the year and days of the week)
100
Christmas, Easter, Halloween, 4th of July, Columbus Day
Holidays
100
Capitalize mom in: My Mom went to the store.
FALSE! Just "My mom"
100
my dad loves taco bell.
My dad loves Taco Bell.
200
bus, car, train, plane
ways to get around/ transportation
200
Raya, Miss Oke, Mr. Rogers, Jenifer, Camden
Names of people
200
Fluffy, Oreo, Pinky, Rover, Clifford, Garfield, Mr. Barky
Names of Pets
200
Capitalize Mississinewa River in: We played in the Mississinewa River.
TRUE!
200
jennie went to new york.
Jennie went to New York.
300
father, mother, brother, sister, aunt, uncle
simple relationships in a family
300
Pass It On! The Dunderheads Money, Money, Honey Bunny Freedom Summer Green Eggs and Ham
Titles of books, magazines, articles, and newspapers
300
Mt. Rushmore, Yellowstone National Park, Main Street, Empire State Building, Black Hills, Salamonie
specific places, street names, names of buildings
300
Capitalization: We drove to Ohio to go to a park.
TRUE! Ohio is capitalized and it doesn't say what park, so park is a common noun.
300
my Sister speaks chinese when she is in china.
My sister speaks Chinese when she is in China.
400
yesterday, today, tomorrow, a week ago,
simple time words
400
Pepsi, Ziplock, Old Navy, Under Armour, Prairie Farms, McDonalds, Adias, Pringles, Starbucks, Lego
Brand names
400
English, Spanish, French, Swahili, Chinese
languages
400
Capitalization: On tuesday, we went to see the movie turbo.
FALSE! Both Tuesday and Turbo should be capitalized.
400
miss oke read I Survived the titanic to Our class Yesterday.
Miss Oke read I Survived the Titanic to our class yesterday.
500
school, park, playground, library, store
not specific names of buildings
500
Christian, Muslim, Catholic, God, Jesus, Buddha, Muhammad
Religions and religious people
500
Gas City, New York, The Nile, Yellow River Basin, Atlantic Ocean, Black Sea, California, Indiana, Chicago, Ohio
Geographic places (cities, states, rivers, specific areas, oceans, seas)
500
Capitalization: I drank a Pepsi on Wednesday with my Uncle Bill.
TRUE! Pepsi= brand Wednesday= day of the week Uncle Bill= name of a person
500
We drove down maple street to get an Ice Cream cone from sophie's.
We drove down Maple Street to get an ice cream cone from Sophie's.