Proper and Common Nouns for beginners

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Did you know there are two kinds of noun: common nouns and proper nouns. Common nouns refer to general nouns and proper nouns refer to specific nouns.

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"Proper and Common Nouns" in English Grammar

What Are Proper Nouns?

Particular nouns that are used to call or name people, things, places are called proper nouns.

What Are Common Nouns?

Common nouns are generally used to call objects or people or places.

Capitalization

Proper nouns should always be capitalized.

Common nouns are not capitalized unless they come at the beginning of a sentence.

Common Nouns	Proper Nouns
people	Hanna
country	Italy
cat	Fluffy
car	Mustang
ocean	Pacific Ocean
thing	Fender
mountain	Everest
planet	Earth

Maria has a dog. His name is Rover.

Alex is from Italy. Alex is Italian.

Nouns

Nouns are among the first lessons when studying a new language. In other words, we have to be able to name things first, then make sentences with them.

Compound Nouns

Compound nouns are formed when two or more words are joined together to create a new word that has an entirely new meaning.

Singular and Plural Nouns

Anything that is just one in quantity is singular. But what if there is more than one? Nouns that are two or more are called plurals! Simple, yes? Let's see!

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

It's important to know if a noun is countable or uncountable. This is going to help us to use the correct article. Let's learn more.

Collective Nouns

If we want to represent certain individual nouns as one entity we can make use of collective nouns. In this lesson, you'll learn about their structure and uses.

Possessive Nouns

Possessive structures have many functions like showing ownership or belonging. With the help of apostrophe 's', we can make a possessive noun. Let's start!

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