What is a Noun?

4th Grade•20 minutes

Learning Objective

I can identify nouns in a sentence.

Nouns are naming words for people, animals, places, and things and can be common or proper.

Common nouns name general things, while proper nouns name specific people, places, animals, or things.

Proper nouns always begin with a capital letter, but common nouns do not unless they start a sentence.

This lesson includes 3 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Which of the following sentences contains a proper noun?

2. Write a sentence using both a common noun and a proper noun.

3. Identify all of the nouns in the following sentence: 'The cat, Fluffy, is sleeping on the rug.'

Common and Proper Nouns for Kids - English Grammar For Kids

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