Task 1

Copy the sentences. Use correct plurals for nouns. Remember to begin a sentence with a
capital letter.
1. two week have fourteen day
Two weeks have fourteen days.

2. many young child have problem with their tooth

3. my teacher in my three morning class are three man from different country
4. next year my sister Anna and Emily want to visit Europe
5. how many day are there in a year
Proper Nouns
✓ A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing. Examples are names
of people, places, days, months, languages, book titles, companies, rivers, and other
specific nouns.
✓ A proper noun always begins with a capital letter.
✓ Do not use capital letters in the middle of a word or at the end of a word.
Noun Proper Noun
Common noun Proper Noun
a city Cairo
a teacher Mr. Nelson
days Friday and Saturday
languages Spanish and Chinese

Common Student Mistakes

Student Problem Correct
Mistake Example
new york capital letters missing at the beginning New York
emmA capital letter missing at the beginning; a capital letter Emma
at the end
SEPTEMBER all capital letters September
furnitures noncount nouns are never plural furniture
many family plural spelling many families

Task 2
Capitalizing Proper Nouns
Copy these nouns. Use capital letters correctly.
 1. paris 7. toyota
2. arabic 8. rolex
3. january 9. nile
4. california 10. pepsi
5. ben 11. french
6. emma 12. bangkok

Task 3
Use the nouns from Activity 4 to answer these questions. Write complete sentences. Be
careful with capital letters.

1. Which word is the first month of the year?

January is the first month of the year.
2. Which word is a city in France?
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3. Which word is a name for a boy?
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4. Which word is a name for a girl?
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5. Which word is a company that makes cars?
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6. Which word is the language in Egypt and Morocco?
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7. Which word is a company that makes very expensive watches?
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8. Which word is a state in the United States?

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