Common nouns
Watch the following videos about common nouns and proper nouns.
Common nouns are words for people, animals, places, or things.
| People | Animals | Places | Things | |
clown acrobat actor lawyer aunt |
cat goose cow hen dog horse |
hill school hospital seashore hotel stadium |
basket bed cake drum blanket gate |
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Exercise 1: Matching
Exercise 2: Choose the words
Proper nouns
The names of towns, cities, buildings and landmarks are proper nouns.
the Great Wall of China
the Statue of Liberty
Egypt
Tokyo
Sydney
Bangkok
The names of mountains, seas, rivers and lakes are also proper nouns.
Mount Everest
Niagara Falls
Mount Fuji
the Yellow River
You often use the before names of oceans, rivers, seas and ranges of mountains.
Mount means mountain. It is often used in the names of mountains. For example: Mount Everest, Mount St. Helens. The written short form for Mount is Mt. For example: Mt. Everest, Mt. Fuji
Mount means mountain. It is often used in the names of mountains. For example: Mount Everest, Mount St. Helens. The written short form for Mount is Mt. For example: Mt. Everest, Mt. Fuji
The names of festivals, some special events and holidays are proper nouns, too.
Valentine’s Day
Father’s Day
Halloween
New Year’s Day
Exercise 3: Mixed Exercises
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