LEVEL 1 COMMON AND PROPER NOUNS GAME

To practice how well you can identify common and proper nouns, try the link below, it will take you to a simple game to check your knowledge, try it and good luck!

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/basketball/index_pre.html

Also, following is some useful information that I found at:
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/propernoun.htm

The Proper Noun

Recognize a proper noun when you see one.
Nouns name people, places, and things. Every noun can further be classified as common or proper. A proper noun has two distinctive features: 1) it will name a specific [usually a one-of-a-kind] item, and 2) it will begin with a capital letter no matter where it occurs in a sentence.
Check out the chart below:

Common Noun Proper Noun
writer Herman Melville
teacher Mrs. Hacket
beagle Snoopy
cookie Oreo
city Orlando
restaurant Tito's Taco Palace
document Declaration of Independence
school University of Virginia

Read the following sentences. Notice the difference between the common and proper nouns.

Tina offered Antonio one of her mother's homemade oatmeal cookies but only an Oreo would satisfy his sweet tooth.
cookies = common noun; Oreo = proper noun.

Charlie had wanted an easy teacher for his composition class, but he got Mrs. Hacket, whose short temper and unreasonable demands made the semester a torture.
teacher = common noun; Mrs. Hacket = proper noun.

Gloria wanted to try a new restaurant, so Richard took her to Tito's Taco Palace, where no one dips into the hot sauce until the drinks have arrived at the table.
restaurant = common noun; Tito's Taco Palace = proper noun.


When you are ready, take a test at the link below. Check your answer, click "sumit" and at the end you will get your results. Are you ready?

http://www.softschools.com/testresults.do?id=295

Now you can play this game, classify common and proper nouns at:

http://www.ezschool.com/Games/NounSort.html