Proper Nouns Week 3 - Term 1
Proper nouns are nouns that refer to a specific person, place, object or period of time.
Proper nouns are a special group of nouns that should always have a capital letter. They are as follows
Names of people: Mr White, Russell, Fiona
Names of cities, towns and suburbs: Auckland Hastings, Frimley
Names of regions: Hawkes Bay, North Island, South Island
Names of Countries: New Zealand, Australia, South Africa
Names of days of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday
Names of months in the year: June, July, August, September
Names of organisations: The Cancer Society, National Heart Foundation
Names of titles: Bob Smith, Governor-General, Dr Baker
Names of important dates: Waitangi Day, Labour Day, Boxing Day
- Highlight the proper nouns in the following sentences.
- Mr Marple caught a bus to Wellington via Palmerston North.
- Adam and Ruth both went to St Marys Primary School.
- On Wednesday afternoon Jess had a doctor’s appointment.
- Connor had recently moved to New Zealand from Ireland.
- Fiona visited Te Papa while staying in Wellington.
2. Circle where there should be capital letters in the following sentences.
- We are going to surfers paradise in the september school holidays.
- The waikato river flooded a lot of low lying farmland last year.
- I had to visit dr mcbride at the starship children’s hospital last monday.
- diana, princess of wales, died on the 31st january 1997. She is survived by sons, william and harry.
- My mother bought me hot cross buns on good friday and easter eggs on sunday.
DID YOU KNOW: Names of seasons are NOT proper nouns and DO NOT have capital letters.
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