COMMON AND PROPER NOUNS

Bridgett Akins

LANGUAGE ARTS• Content Area: Language • Grade Level: 5th grade• Summary: The purpose of this PowerPoint presentation is to give the

students the ability to learn to the difference between a common and proper noun.

• Learning Objective: Given examples of nouns, the students will be able to identify which nouns are common and which nouns are proper with 100% accuracy.

• Content Standard: 0501.1.1 Know and use appropriately the meaning, forms, and functions of nouns( including common/proper, singular/plurals, possessives, predicate nouns)

• Accomplishment: Demonstrate the knowledge of Standard English usage, mechanics, and spelling,

Common nouns are:

A general person, place, or thing.

Proper nouns are:

A noun that names a specific person, place, or

thing.

QUESTION 3

What is the proper noun?Floridastate city

CORRECT ANSWER!

Florida

QUESTION 4

What is the common noun?cake

PoodleSt. Bernard

CORRECT ANSWER!

cake

QUESTION 5

Cat is a proper noun?TRUE or FALSE

AWESOME!

The correct answer is: FALSE

QUESTION 6

Which noun is a proper noun?dogMemphisball

CORRECT ANSWER!

B. Memphis

CONCLUSION

Good Job! You have learned the difference between common and

proper nouns.

Incorrect Answer!

•Try again