5537 common proper nouns and abbreviations

a • • • • • • • A common noun is a word that names a person, place, thing or idea A common noun names any person, place, thing or idea Begin a common noun with a lowercase letter A proper noun names a specific person, place thing or idea Begin each important word or proper noun with a capital letter Common nouns that name measurements are often abbreviated Use a period after most abbreviation Do not use periods after abbreviations of metric measures Some proper nouns are often abbreviated These include names of days of the week, months of the year and titles of people Begin the abbreviation of proper nouns a capital letter Underline each common noun once and each proper noun twice 10 11 12 13 14 15 Travis ran up the street towards the creek Little Joey was in the water with his puppy He held the leg of his pet Travis tried to get to his brother quickly Rover helped rescue the boy Alex Brown lives in Seattle, Washington Our family lives near the beach Have you read The Wind in the Willows? Club meetings will be held on Mondays in May I am writing a letter to Aunt Millie All teachers attended the shower Mrs Bailey was having a baby Her first child is a boy Now she is having a girl whom she will name Sasha The food at the party was delicious! Write P if the list shows proper nouns Write C if the list shows common nouns Add an example to each list baseball, basketball, football New York, Miami, California April, July, September infants, toddlers, teenagers Fifth Ave, Main St Monroe Blvd aunts, uncles, cousins Write sentences using the full words of each abbreviation shown Sat Dr cm Dec mi Circle the abbreviation(s) in each sentence and spell them out in full Mr Daniel, the principal talked to Andrew Andrew lives on Sullivan St Dr Kilmer examined the boy In his report he wrote ‘Cut measures in long Write a proper noun that names a specific example of each common noun Remember to capitalize state city country building friend relative music group continent river 10 ocean 11 street 12 author 13 book 14 day a • • • • • • • A common noun is a word that names a person, place, thing or idea A common noun names any person, place, thing or idea Begin a common noun with a lowercase letter A proper noun names a specific person, place thing or idea Begin each important word or proper noun with a capital letter Common nouns that name measurements are often abbreviated Use a period after most abbreviation Do not use periods after abbreviations of metric measures Some proper nouns are often abbreviated These include names of days of the week, months of the year and titles of people Begin the abbreviation of proper nouns a capital letter Underline each common noun once and each proper noun twice 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Travis ran up the street towards the creek Little Joey was in the water with his puppy He held the leg of his pet Travis tried to get to his brother quickly Rover helped rescue the boy Alex Brown lives in Seattle, Washington Our family lives near the beach Have you read The Wind in the Willows? Club meetings will be held on Mondays in May I am writing a letter to Aunt Millie All teachers attended the shower Mrs Bailey was having a baby Her first child is a boy Now she is having a girl whom she will name Sasha The food at the party was delicious! Write P if the list shows proper nouns Write C if the list shows common nouns Add an example to each list baseball, basketball, football New York, Miami, California April, July, September infants, toddlers, teenagers Fifth Ave, Main St Monroe Blvd aunts, uncles, cousins Write sentences using the full words of each abbreviation shown Sat Dr cm Dec mi Circle the abbreviation(s) in each sentence and spell them out in full Mr Daniel, the principal talked to Andrew Andrew lives on Sullivan St Dr Kilmer examined the boy In his report he wrote ‘Cut measures in long Write a proper noun that names a specific example of each common noun Remember to capitalize 10 11 12 13 14 state city country building friend relative music group continent river 10 ocean 11 street 12 author 13 book 14 day a • • • • • • • A common noun is a word that names a person, place, thing or idea A common noun names any person, place, thing or idea Begin a common noun with a lowercase letter A proper noun names a specific person, place thing or idea Begin each important word or proper noun with a capital letter Common nouns that name measurements are often abbreviated Use a period after most abbreviation Do not use periods after abbreviations of metric measures Some proper nouns are often abbreviated These include names of days of the week, months of the year and titles of people Begin the abbreviation of proper nouns a capital letter Underline each common noun once and each proper noun twice 10 11 12 13 14 15 Travis ran up the street towards the creek Little Joey was in the water with his puppy He held the leg of his pet Travis tried to get to his brother quickly Rover helped rescue the boy Alex Brown lives in Seattle, Washington Our family lives near the beach Have you read The Wind in the Willows? Club meetings will be held on Mondays in May I am writing a letter to Aunt Millie All teachers attended the shower Mrs Bailey was having a baby Her first child is a boy Now, she is having a girl who she will name Sasha The food at the party was delicious! Write P if the list shows proper nouns Write C if the list shows common nouns Add an example to each list All examples are possible responses baseball, basketball, football C - soccer New York, Miami, California P - Houston April, July, September P - March infants, toddlers, teenagers C - adults Fifth Ave, Main St Monroe Blvd P - Centreville Rd aunts, uncles, cousins C - grandparents Friday, Monday, Wednesday P - Tuesday Possible answers shown Sat Dr cm Dec mi Saturday is my favourite day of the week Doctor Kemp delivered many babies Did you measure using centimetres or inches? Christmas is celebrated in December How many miles you walk daily? Abbreviations are highlighted Mr Daniel, the principal talked to Andrew Mister Andrew lives on Sullivan St Street Dr Kilmer examined the boy Doctor In his report he wrote ‘Cut measures in long inches The report was dated ‘Fri., Aug 14 Friday , August Prof Arthur is an expert on bears Professor POSSIBLE ANSWERS SHOWN 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 state – Florida city - Nassau country - England building Birmingham Palace friend Vanessa relative Aunt Jane music group The Beatles continent - Asia river - Nile 10 ocean - Pacific 11 street - Bay Street 12 author - James Patterson 13 book - Love Story 14 day - Thursday