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Let’s Learn Common and Proper Nouns

A common noun is the common name of a person, place, or thing. A common

noun always begins with a small letter.

A proper noun is the special name of a person, place, or thing. A proper

noun always begins with a capital letter.

Look at the pictures and read.

Hello, I Hello, I am
am a boy. Asima. I am Hi, I am a
My name is a girl. boy, too. My
Kamal. name is Joy.

Here, boy is a common name for the two boys. Common names are called

common nouns.

Each child has a special name. Here, Asima, Kamal and Joy are the special

names of the children. Special names are called proper nouns.

Look at the pictures and read.

This is my
pet, Tweety. Common and Proper Nouns

Here, pet is a common noun and Tweety is a proper noun.

People

Common Name Special Names

man (boy) Amit Bhatia, Vishal Gupta, Jatin Das, Anil Pandey

woman (girl) Jyoti Kaur, Vimla Jha, Sunita Joshi, Anita Desai

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