(COMMON NOUN AND PROPER NOUN)

A common noun names any person, place, animal, event, or object.

It begins with a small letter.

A proper noun names a particular person, place, animal, event, or

object. It begins with a capital letter.

Examples:

Common Noun Proper Noun

girl Princess

boy Wilver

country Philippines

city Laoag

cat Garfield

dog Buldog

party Wedding Party

shoes Fila

beverage Coca-cola

month January

day Saturday

Activity 1 Write the common noun for each set of proper nouns. Choose your answer from the table
below.
 presidents girls months planets cities
countries parties flowers boys heroes

1. Earth, Jupiter, Saturn _________________________________

2. Rose, Gumamela, Sunflower _________________________________

3. Rodrigo Duterte, Ferdinand Marcos _________________________________

4. Baguio, Tarlac, Laoag _________________________________

5. Philippines, Japan, Korea, China _________________________________

6. Christmas, Birthday, Wedding _________________________________

7. Amir, Zandro, Rexxo _________________________________

8. May, December, April _________________________________

9. Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio _________________________________

10. Princess, Cassidy, Amber _________________________________

Activity 2 Match each proper noun to an appropriate common noun.

Toy Story month

December teacher

Ellie day

Neptune movie

Miss Angel subject

Ukraine planet

English country

Thursday baby

G-shock school

Schola Christi Montessori watch

 ASSESSMENT
A. Write CN if it is common noun. Write PN if it is proper noun.

_____ 1. t-shirt _____ 2. Manila

_____ 3. Joshua _____ 4. Hannah’s Place

_____ 5. seashore _____ 6. sister

_____ 7. Wednesday _____ 8. country

_____ 9. laptop _____ 10. Samsung

_____ 11. Brownie _____ 12. friend

_____ 13. cousin _____ 14. school

_____ 15. Ilocos _____ 16. Independence Day

B. Classify the nouns in the correct group.

Jollibee Jesus car mother America
bird Math flowers Valentines classmate

Common Noun Proper Noun