Nouns and Capitalization
Noun Types Noun: person, place, or thing. Nouns can also be… Concrete or abstract Singular, plural, or possessive and Common or proper
Common and Proper Common Noun: a general person, place, or thing. Ex: doctor, store, book Proper Noun: a specific person, place, thing, or brand name. Ex: Doctor Phil, Target, Lord of the Flies ^ These are all capitalized
Capitalization Rules The first letter of a sentence is always capitalized. The pronoun “I” is always capitalized. Proper nouns are always capitalized. Examples: Chicago, Illinois, the Mississippi River, Chris, White Collar, English, Chicken McNuggets, Nike Jordans, CPR
Practice I’ll show you 2 Nouns. 1. You will write down which one is… Common and which one is Proper Example : Schools = common noun Cleveland Middle School = proper noun 2. Tell me whether it should be capitalized or not …. Schools = No Cleveland Middle School = Yes
1 Dogs Big Mac
2 jay z glasses
black beauty Nintendo Wii 3 black beauty Nintendo Wii
4 Crime wednesday’s
5 pants peru