Capitalization of Proper Nouns - Review

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We all know by now that nouns name people, places, things, animals, and sometimes ideas (like thought or dream).

Common nouns name any non-specific person, place, thing or animal. For example: the boy, the singer, the movie, and the city.

Proper nouns point out specific people, places, and things. To show that these people, places, and things are special and specific, we capitalize the first letter of all names and titles, even in the middle of a sentence.

For example, the boy becomes Jake, the singer becomes Taylor Swift, the movie becomes Star Wars, and the city becomes New York City.

Proper nouns also include days of the week, months of the year, holidays, names of churches and other organizations, titles,such as mayor if written before a name, planets . . . any words that point to a specific person, place, or thing.

Let's Try a Quick Practice Sentence Using Two or More Proper Nouns

Underline each proper noun you use.

Example: For his ninth birthday, Jake and his family went to New York City and saw the new Star Wars movie.

Don't forget to capitalize the first word in your sentence and add the correct punctuation at the end!