Proper Nouns (Names)

A proper noun is the special word (or name) that we use for a
person, place or organization, like John, Marie, London, France or
Sony. A name is a noun, but a very special noun - a proper noun.
Proper nouns have special rules.

common noun proper noun

man, boy John
woman, girl Mary
country, town England, London
company Ford, Sony
shop, restaurant Maceys, McDonalds
month, day of the week January, Sunday
book, film War & Peace, Titanic
Using Capital Letters with Proper Nouns
We always use a Capital Letter for the first letter of a
proper noun (name). This includes names of people,
places, companies, days of the week and months.
For example:
•They like John. (not *They like john.)
•I live in England.
•She works for Sony.
•The last day in January is a Monday.
•We saw Titanic in the Odeon Cinema.
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Proper Nouns Exercise

1 Let's have lunch at McDonalds .

2 There are 12 months  in a year.

3 My favourite movie is Greece .

4 Lisa works as a programmer at Microsoft .

5 I live in a small town  in England.

6 My cousin lives in Busan.

7 I want to visit Asia  when I finish school.

8 Call me when you arrive at the house.

9 I have a check-up with the doctor  on Friday.

10 We saw whales in Pacific Ocean.