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Common and Proper nouns







                                                       Common and
                                                        Proper noun








                                  Common                                        Proper Noun
                                    Noun






                                                                      Name of a
                      Name of a            For example -          particular person,        For example -
                    person, place,        boy, city, puppy,        place, animal or          Ram, Goa,
                   animal or thing.            biscuit              thing. Always           Jack, Gooday
                                                                     starts with a             biscuit.
                                                                     capital letter.



               Learning objective: The students will be able to learn about common and
               proper nouns.


                     Common nouns name any person, place, thing or animal. They are
                       not written in capital letters unless they come at the beginning of a
                       sentence.

                       Example: This is a boy. (End of the sentence so it is beginning with
                       small letter “b”)
                       Boy is playing. (Beginning of the sentence so it is beginning with

                       capital letter “B”)
                     Proper nouns are the names of specific people, places, things or
                       animals. They should always begin with capital letter.

                       Example: I live in India. (Proper noun will always begin with capital
                       letter)


                       Learning outcome: The students were able to learn about common
               and proper nouns.
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