1. Proper and Common Nouns

2. What is a noun? A noun names a person, place or thing.

3. A Proper Noun names a particular person, place, or thing.

4. A Common Noun names everyday people, places and things.

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. teachers and principals are Common Nouns

8. The names of the teachers and principals are Proper Nouns and should be capitalized Mr. Nelson Mrs. Horton Mr. Brooks Mrs. Downey Mr. Honeycutt Mrs. Lewis Mr. Waters

9. days and months 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. cities and states 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 Young ThugRapper Proper Noun The NAME of a rapper

16. Common Noun Crimson PeakMovie Proper Noun The NAME of a movie

17. Common Noun Sharon Draper Author Proper Noun The NAME of an author

18. Common Noun Forged by FireBook Proper Noun The NAME of a book

19. Common Noun Hit the QuanSong Proper Noun The NAME of a song

20. Let’s Practice!

21. The girl is very smart.

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

23. _____ is very smart.

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

25. The boy went to see the doctor.

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. What about people’s titles?

29. Now what is a title?

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

31. Let’s Practice!

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

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

34. 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.

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

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

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

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

39. Abbreviations

40. What is an abbreviation!?!

41. Titles and other things, like months, days, and streets are sometimes abbreviated. However, they are still Proper Nouns and should be capitalized!

42. Proper Noun Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. January February March April May June July August September October November December Abbreviation

43. We abbreviate almost all of the months. However, if they have short names like March, April, May, June, and July we do not abbreviate them.

44. Proper Noun Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Abbreviation

45. Notice the period Jan. Feb. Sun. Mon. Tues. We use those to tell us that it is an abbreviation and that we are ending our word. Just like we do with a sentence.

46. Can you think of any other abbreviations? Mr. = Mister Dr. = Doctor St. = Street Jr. = Junior

47. Where do you live? Street = St. Avenue = Ave. Place = Pl. Circle = Cir. Boulevard = Blvd. Drive = Dr.

48. Now it gets tricky. Not all abbreviations are Proper Nouns! Inch = in. Centimeter = cm. Foot = ft. Second = sec. Hour = hr. Pound = lb. What??? Ounce = oz.