Nouns can be proper or common nouns.

Proper nouns refer to particular or specific names of persons, places, things or event. They begin with capital letters.

Examples:

Common nouns refer to general names of persons, places, things or events.

Examples:

Person Place Things Event

Drogo London Honda Christmas

Daenarys England Acer Independence Day

Person Place Things Event

boy city car holiday

girl country laptop party

Marie Jaja Roa- Santa Maria West Central School

A. Write a proper noun for each given common noun.

1. country

2. city

3. perfume

4. cheese

5. food house

6. church

7. hero

8. teacher

9. book

10. zoo

B. Write a common noun for each given proper noun.

1. Toblerone

2. Germany

3. Chicago Bulls

4. Nokia

5. Honda

6. Colgate

7. Shaw Boulevard

8. McDonald

9. Mt. Everest

10. Dove

Marie Jaja Roa- Santa Maria West Central School

C. Underline the nouns in each sentence and write whether it is proper or common noun.

1. Manny Pacquiao made the Philippines proud.

2. The American Heritage Dictionary is thick.

3. I live in Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur.

4. I bought a new pair of shoes yesterday.

5. My father went to the doctor yesterday.

6. We will celebrate Valentine’s Day in February.

7. Harry Potter is my favorite book.

8. Have you seen Dr. Roa?

9. The German Embassy is located in Makati.

10. Manila is the capital city of the Philippines.

11. Dorie shopped at Mall of Asia last Friday.

12. The manager meets the staff once a month.

13. Our relatives from America stayed at Dusit Hotel in Makati.

14. She reports to the hospital from Monday to Friday.

15. They went to Manila Ocean Park last week.

Marie Jaja Roa- Santa Maria West Central School

D. Rewrite the sentence after correcting the errors on capitalization.

1. mrs. natividad works at east avenue medical center as a nurse.

2. she reports to the hospital seven days a week.

3. her son, william, studies at the university of the philippines in diliman, quezon city.

4. his husband is a electrical engineer.

5. they went to boracay to celebrate mia’s birthday.

Marie Jaja Roa- Santa Maria West Central School