Proper Nouns and Capitalization

hi there in this video we're going to learn all about proper nouns are you ready proper noun gives special name to common noun proper noun common noun they're both nouns so how are they different first of all do you remember what common noun is if you've watched my common noun video you'll remember that it's person place animal or thing i'll provide the link for you in the description below if you want to watch it again boy is common noun because boy is person but wait let's give him special name what's his name it's brian brian is proper noun because it's the special name of the boy boy is common noun and brian is proper noun we're not done yet though look at his name again brian something needs to be changed but what is it when you give someone or something special name you must capitalize the first letter so let's fix that capital for brian let's think of place common noun how about country great now let's come up with proper noun remember proper noun gives special name to the common noun how about south korea that's the name of country country is common noun because it's place and south korea is proper noun because it's special name of that country now south korea is proper noun so don't forget to capitalize the first letter of each word capital and capital south korea remember every first letter of each word in the proper noun must be capitalized let's come up with an animal common noun do you have pet what kind of animal is it let's say cat now we need proper noun for the cat what's the special name given to this cat it's tara but wait look at tara what's wrong don't forget to capitalize the first letter because tara is proper noun tara is proper noun because it's special name given to the cat which common noun are we missing we've covered person place animal yes thing let's come up with thing common noun how about movie now we need proper noun for movie which movie should we choose harry potter do love all things magic so movie is common noun because it's thing harry potter is proper noun because it's the name of movie and don't forget to capitalize the first letter of each word in that proper noun can you tell if this word is common noun or proper noun ayanna ayanna is special name of girl so it's proper noun how about park park is place so it's common noun good job but look if we just give it special name say richmond park it's now proper noun and because it's proper noun we should capitalize the first letter of each word hope you now understand the difference between common noun and proper noun just remember that common noun is person place animal or thing and the proper noun gives special name to common noun one more thing you should remember is to capitalize the first letter of every word in proper noun hope this video helped you better understand about proper nouns check out the description below for more videos like this you'll also find links to games and activities about proper nouns thank you for watching and don't forget to subscribe by liking this video and subscribing to my channel i'll be able to make more videos like this for you bye now