Chapter Four
Add capital letters where they are needed. One sentence is already coffect.
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The golden globe awards each january is sponsored by the hollywood foreign
press association.
2. The first city in which girl scout cookies were sold was philadelphia, pennsylvania.
3.
At president clinton's inaugurationinlgg3, maya angelou first read her poem "on
the pulse of morning."
4.
ln 7995 a three year project began to reintroduce gtay wolves to one of their original
habitats.
5.
\Tilliam h. prescott stated in his book
the history of the conquest of rnexico that the
aztec calendar was eleven days more accurate than that of the conquering spaniards.
6. The saxons complained that after william the conqueror defeated them, they were
forced to live in poor huts, while the normans lived in casdes.
7. No visit to washington, d.c. is complete without a
our nationt first president, george washington.
8.
trip to mount vernon, the home of
Because of our interest in native american handicrafts, alex, meg, and I visited the
heard museum in phoenix, atizona.
9. \7e had never
10. Six states
seen an ocean before we saw the pacific last september.
are considered new england states: maine, new hampshire, vermont,
massachusetts, rhode island, and connecticut.
11. President john f. kennedy told a group of nobel prize winners dining at the white
house, "the white house hasnt seen such a collection of talent since thomas
jefferson dined here alone."
12. The united states entered world war II after the japanese aaacked pearl harbor on
december 7,1941.
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issue of nez.,swzek included an article about the
corporation.
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A noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing.
A common noun names any person, place, or thing. It is a general word that begins with
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A proper noun names
played an important part in the early history of our country.
a particular person, place, or thing.
A proper noun begins with
a
capital letter.
Example: Benjamin Franklin of Philadelphia was a designer of the Constitution.
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Read each sentence. Underline each comtnon noun once and
eachproper noun twice.
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Young Ben spent his early days in Boston, Massachusetts.
2.
The young man became an apprentice of a printer.
3.
He soon tired of this occupation and ran away to Philadelphia.
4.
Soon Franklin owned a printing shop.
5.
Did he publish the Pennsylvania Gazette and Poor Richard's Almanac at the same time?
6.
He also founded the University of Pennsylvania.
7.
He began to protest the interference of England in the daily lives of North Americans.
8.
Franklin represented Pennsylvania at the Second Continental Congress.
9.
He worked with John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson to
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10. This amazing statesman also served
as the ambassador to France.
11. He lived in Paris and met many interesting people.
12. He returned to the United
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Unit | : Copitolizotion
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Middle School Copitolizotion ond Punctuoiion, SV