​Rebecca

The Teacher

Mr. Falls

Jake from State Farm

The Waiter​

​Person

Lange Middle School

Tokyo

​KFC

Sky Zone

Cambodia​

​​Place

Body Armor

Football

Castle

Ice Cream

Chihuahua ​

​​Thing

Love

Happiness

Anger

Disgust

Fear​

​​Idea

Mr. Linhardt held up the "Quiet" sign in the hallway.

What are the 3 nouns in this sentence?

Common vs Proper Nouns

What is the difference?

Proper Nouns are SPECIFIC people, places, or things.

They begin with capital letters.

People's Names, Brands, Building Names.​

Let's look at some examples next.

Common nouns are general nouns that could apply to lots of people, places, or things.

They begin with lowercase letters (unless they are starting a sentence).​

Common vs Proper Nouns

library

​assistant principal

restaurant

college

medicine​

​Common Nouns

Daniel Boone Regional Library

Dr. Jackson

McDonald's

Mizzou

Advil​

Proper Nouns

Pronouns take the place of people's names in a sentence.

It would be weird to say: Taylor grabbed taylor's coat off of taylor's chair and brought it to taylor's house.​

That's why we use pronouns!​

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Examples

Pronouns!