What you will learn in Grade 2
Today's goal: Distinguish common nouns from proper nouns and remember that proper names begin with capital letters.
Common noun: city, girl, river.
A common noun names a general person, place, animal or thing.
Proper noun: Chennai, Maya, Ganga.
A proper noun names a particular person, place or thing and begins with a capital letter.
A proper noun names a particular person, place or thing.
A proper noun is the special name of one particular person, place or thing.
Common: school → Proper: Zynospark Academy.
A common noun can be changed to a proper noun when we give a specific name.
Core idea
Read the explanation, study the examples and explain the idea in your own words.
Learn with examples
city, girl
“city, girl” gives general names, so these are common nouns.
Chennai, Maya
“Chennai, Maya” names specific people or places and needs capital letters.
city → Chennai
Use “city → Chennai” to identify the noun being named in the sentence.
See the skill in action
Quick check
Which is a proper noun: city or Chennai?
Practice like a learner
- Circle the proper noun: river / Ganga.
- Change to a proper noun example: city → ___.
- Sort: Rohan, school, India, dog.
- Write one sentence with a proper noun.
- Find three proper nouns in a book.
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