Nouns

A common noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.

Person: boy

Place: home

Thing: chocolate

Idea: peace

A proper noun is a SPECIFIC person, place, thing, or idea.

Capitalize each important word in a proper noun.
Example: Fourth of July

Some types of proper nouns are:

Holidays                                                    Schools

Businesses                                                 Street Names

People’s name                                        Brand names

Titles of books                                          Types of animal (part of it) 

                                                                   (German shepherd)

Titles of movies                                        Countries

Restaurants                                              States

Cities