1. Words which name persons, places or things.

2. A word which names a person, place or thing. Nouns can be common or proper. author William Shakespeare

3. A word which names a person, place or thing. A common noun names a general person, place or thing. river country teacher A proper noun names a particular person, place or thing. Delaware River United States Miss Trainor

4. A word which names a person, place or thing. A common noun names a general person, place or thing. river country lake A proper noun names a particular person, place or thing. Delaware River United States Lake Erie lower case capital letters

5. Common nouns ocean city girl day newspaper Proper nouns Atlantic Ocean Philadelphia Mary Sunday Inquirer A common noun names a general person, place or thing A proper noun names a particular person, place or thing

6. A common noun names a general person, place or thing A proper noun names a particular person, place or thing Identify each noun as common or proper. 1. Greenland is the largest island in the world. 2. One part is only ten miles from Canada. 3. The weather is always cold in this country. 4. Ice covers the land in the winter. 5. Pam and Jim catch fish and seals for food. 6. Paul found it on a map. 7. Greenland is near the North Pole.

7. A common noun names a general person, place or thing. A proper noun names a particular person, place or thing. Identify each noun as common or proper. Change each common noun to proper and each proper noun to common. girl Thomas Europe city candy bar Harrisburg monument friend White House Babe Arctic Ocean Pennsylvania Ben Franklin inventor president