Nouns(II)

Today and now,  Proper and Common nouns come into place. Well, you know what are these.

Common Nouns	Proper Nouns
Boy	John
Girl	Mary
Mountain	The Himalayas
Man	Victor Hugo, Walt Disney
Country	United States of America, Germany, France

Common Nouns are words for things, animals, places and types of things in general. Words like Boy, Girl, Mountain, Man and Country are general terms, also known as proper nouns.

Proper Nouns are words which are specific to that something, or someone. They include the names of countries, buildings, historical events, places, the days of the week and titles of books and films. Proper nouns always begin with a capital letter.

Our First Exercise!

Identify all the common nouns and proper nouns.

1. Has Ronald bought the tickets for our trip to San Diego yet?

2. Mrs William's favourite show is Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince.

3. I am proud to be a American.

2. The 's in Mrs William's is a possessive noun. We would learn more about it in Nouns(VI).

Now that we have learnt about Common and Proper Nouns, we shall move on to Nouns(III), Countable and Uncountable Nouns.http://mrenglishmaniac.blogspot.sg/2014/04/nounsiii_2.html