1. Proper Nouns and Proper Adjectives
Unit 5
Lesson 2

2. Proper Nouns Names/Initials Dinah L. Williams Titles/Abbreviations
Capitalize titles before names, but not when alone (specific)
Dr. Tina Shinohara
Mayor Pimpkin
the mayor
Terms for Relatives
Only capitalize when they are used before or in place of a name
Uncle Sonny
my uncle
Cities, Counties, States
Los Angles, California
Countries, continents, regions of US
Costa Rica, Mexico
the Midwest
We drove south.
Planets
Mercury
Bodies of Water
Nile River, Pacific Ocean

3. Proper Nouns cont’d Geographic features Streets, Highways
Gobi Desert
Rocky Mountains
Streets, Highways
Park Avenue
Buildings, bridges, monuments
Brooklyn Bridge
Museum of Art
Days, Months
Monday, June
Organizations, institutions
Peace Corps
Duke University (specific)
the university (not specific)
Languages, People
Greek, Asian
Events/Periods
French Revolution
Stone Age
Documents
Bill of Rights

4. Proper noun=Proper Adjective
Asia
Asian countries
France
French bread
Olympus
Olympic games
April
April showers