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A noun is a word that names a person,
place, or thing.
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A common noun names any person,
place, or thing.
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A proper noun names a particular
person, place, or thing. Proper nouns
begin with capital letters.
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Common Nouns
Amy will play
Saturday.
 Some proper nouns have more than one
word, such as Boston Red Sox. Some
include titles that tell what a person is or
does, such as Ms. Gomez or Professor
Chu.
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Proper Nouns
The game will be
next week.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Our local soccer team is the Comets.
The Comets play their home games in
Burgess Field.
Julio Lopez led the team in scoring last
year.
He will play in the all-star game next
month.
The Comets don’t have as many fans as
our team.
1.
2.
3.
I’m getting my friends to go to soccer
games with us.
They like the atmosphere at Burgess
Field.
The food is good, and tickets are
cheap.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Do you enjoy football, basketball, or
hockey best?
In New England my favorite team is the
Patriots.
My family attended a game last
December.
Snow was falling, and a cold wind was
blowing that Sunday.
1.
2.
3.
4.
We saw our neighbor, Mr. Liano, in his
heaviest coat.
Mrs. Liano had her scarf wrapped
around her face.
The players were slipping on patches of
icy mud.
Our hands were freezing, but we had
food and hot drinks.
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The big game is next ________ at seven
o’clock. ___________ says that his team is
ready to play. All the players are healthy
and eager to meet their rivals from
__________.
1.
Did you watch the Nuggets in the
playoff game last year?
A. watch
C . game
B. Nuggets
D. Last
2. I don’t follow soccer, but this game was
exciting.
A. follow
B. this
C. soccer
D. but
Everyone in Springfield went wild at the
final whistle.
A. Springfield
B. final
C. wild
D. whistle
2. They drove their cars up and down Main
Street all night.
A. cars
B. Main Street
C. down
D. all
1.
The Ice Bears is the name of our hockey
team.
A. Ice Bears
B. hockey
C. name
D. team
1.
2. Practices are every Tuesday and
Thursday at 7 o’clock.
A. practices
B. Thursday
C. every
D. o’clock
The team plays all its games at the Tey
Arena.
A. team
B. games
C. plays
D. Tey Arena
1.
That’s the big green building on Elm
Avenue.
A. that’s
B. building
C. green
D. Elm Avenue
2.
My brother Carlos plays baseball for
Lincoln High. (C)
 Next Tuesday he’s pitching in a big
game.(P)
 This is a playoff against the Marauders.
(P)
 Carlos’s team is the Leopards. (P)
 The Leopards have one loss-to the
Marauders last September. (C)
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The winner will be champs of the Eastern
Division. (P)
 The game will be played at Rugby
College. (C)
 The winning team plays in the state final
in June. (C)
 Mr. Morrison is taking me to the stadium.
(P)
 We’ll catch the train from Washington
Street. (C)
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The Red Sox hadn’t won a championship
in 86 years.
 Then the team faced New York in the
playoffs.
 The series lasted for seven games, and
the Sox won!
 Next they beat the Cardinals from St.
Louis in the World Series.
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