Bright Learning English Centre

Basic English Grammar (Day-3)

“NOUN”
Divided

Proper Noun Common Noun

N O U N
PROPER NOUN COMMON NOUN

• Words for people , • names for particular

animals , places or people, places or things.
things. They always begin with a
capital letter.
 ‘Proper Noun’

 Proper nouns are names for particular people, places or things. They always
begin with a capital letter.

 Your own name and the names of your friends are proper nouns too.

Eg-Thida , U Hla Oo , Kyaw Kyaw Bo , Soe Myat Thuzar , Chit Oo Nyo,…………… (Particular People,names)
 THE NAMES OF COUNTRIES AND THEIR
PEOPLE ARE ALSO PROPER NOUNS.
 Vocabulary & Knowledge

COUNTRY PEOPLE
• America • Americans

• Korea • Koreans

• Egypt • Egyptians
• Malaysians
• Malaysia
• Indians
• India
• Italians
• Italy
• the French
• France
• the Japanese
• Japan
• Thais
• Thailand
 THE NAMES OF TOWNS, CITIES, BUILDINGS
AND LANDMARKS ARE PROPER NOUNS.
 THE DAYS OF THE WEEK AND MONTHS OF
THE YEAR ARE PROPER NOUNS.
The names of mountains, seas, rivers and lakes are proper nouns.

Mount Popa Mount Zwegabin Mount Everest

the Andaman Sea The Ayeyarwaddy river The Inle Lake

 THE NAMES OF FESTIVALS, SOME SPECIAL EVENTS AND HOLIDAYS
ARE PROPER NOUNS, TOO.
HOMEWORK