Ready for your quiz today? I hope so!
Definitions:
common noun- a general type of noun; NOT a specific name of a person place or thing. Example: school
Proper noun- a specific name of a person place or thing. Example: Mason Creek Middle School
*Reminder: Proper nouns are CAPITALIZED!
Tip: Be careful not to confuse PROPER nouns with PRONOUNS. Pronouns replace nouns in the sentence and there are several types of pronouns: personal, reflexive, possessive are a few examples of types of pronouns (he, she, it, they, my, mine, his, its etc. However, a PROPER NOUN is simply the SPECIFIC name of something. EXAMPLES: Tina, Pacific Ocean, Spanish, Mr. Gregory, Arbor Place Mall
Quiz tomorrow over: 1. Vocabulary from "All American Slurp" (Words to Own) : lavishly, etiquette, spectacles, sultry, prawn, mortified (you can review on Elements of Literature link from the home page remember? Or look in your notes from last week)
2. Common/Proper nouns
3. Compound nouns (two nouns joined together to form a NEW word. Example: sunflower= sun + flower
*We will also be studying compound SUBJECTS and compound VERBS (simple predicates).
Study hard! Study smart! Do your best!
Good luck :)
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