IXL | Identify common and proper nouns | 6th grade language arts

Select the two proper nouns.

Jen has an excellent costume planned for Halloween. She is going to be an octopus.

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Select the three common nouns.

China is a huge country with a wide range of landforms.

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A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

A common noun names a general type of person, place, thing, or idea. It is not the name of a person, place, thing, or idea. A common noun is not capitalized unless it is the first word of a sentence.

A proper noun is the specific name of a person, place, thing, or idea. A proper noun is always capitalized.

Common Nouns	Proper Nouns
boy	Jacob
day	Tuesday
street	Elm Street
city	Chicago

solution

The three common nouns are country, range, and landforms. They are not capitalized, and they are not the names of specific people, places, or things. Range and landforms both name general types of things, and country names a general type of place.

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