Lesson 2.2 Common and Proper Nouns

What do you know? A noun is a person, place, thing, idea. What they are? Proper Nouns: Name a particular person, place or thing, and have capital letters for important words. Common Noun: Do not name a particular person, place or thing and are not capitalized unless used as a name. Examples: George Washington is called the father –not dad- of our country. If he had had children, they would have called their dad, “Dad.” Tampa, Florida is located on the Gulf of Mexico.

Common and Proper Nouns Circle the common nouns and underline the proper nouns. Correct any capitalization. barack obama and his family live in the white house. the astronauts of apollo 11 landed their spacecraft, eagle, in the sea of tranquility on the moon. the movie raiders of the lost ark tells a modern tale using the ancient ten commandments from the time of moses.