Week 2 – Lesson 3

Grade: 3
Date: September 23, 2020
Subject: Language Arts
Topic: Proper Nouns

Proper nouns are special names of people, places animals and

things. They are special names of common nouns. Proper nouns

are so special, they are always written with capital letters.

 

Example:

Common nouns               Proper noun

• Dentist                     Dentist Grey
• Restaurant              The Captain’s Restaurant
• Bird                          Polly
• Book                        Grade Three Integrated Phonics Workbook

 
Activity

The nouns in the following sentences are written in red.

Write C above the word if the noun is a common noun.

Write the letter P if the noun is a proper noun.

 

1. Mrs. March told us that we breathe in air.

 

2. The dental nurse spoke to the class about caring for our teeth.

 

3. Spit Five, the police canine, attacked the thief.

 

4. Leon used his incisors and canines to cut and tear the sugarcane.

 

5. Cory visited the Mandeville Dental Clinic to clean his teeth.

 

6. “I can find molars at the back of my mouth,” said Karen.

 

7. “A tooth is made up of two parts called the crown and the root,” replied Dr. Marshall.

 

8. Miss Joy, the vendor, sells ripe bananas, apples, plums and naseberries.

 

9. Mary likes to eat Grace Cornmeal Porridge and boiled eggs for breakfast.

 

10.Miss Charmaine the vendor, gives service to her community.

Have fun little genius?