HOW TO USE COMMON AND
PROPER NOUNS
In English, there are different kinds
of noun. First, we have proper nouns and common nouns.
I: Proper noun
I: Proper noun
Definition: A proper noun is a kind of noun that
can be used to name particular people, animals, places, organization, works of
art, days of the week, month of the year, and festivals. The proper nouns must
begin with a capital letter.
1: TO NAME PEOPLE
For example:
John
George
Peter
Pete
Mary
Jane
Joe
Maria
Patricia
Wilson
2: TO NAME PLACES
The British Museum
The Ritz
Five-star Hotel
Calmette Hospital
Tul Slaeng Museum
Cheung Ek Museum
Paris
Africa
Cambodia
China
England
The United States
3: TO NAME ORGANIZATIONS
For example:
Coca Cola
Khmer Brewery Co., Ltd
Administrative Committee on
Coordination (ACC)
Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Economic and Social Commission for
Western Asia (ESCWA)
Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations (FAO)
High Level Comittee on Management
(HLCM)
International Bureau of Education
(IBE)
International Centre for Genetic
Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
International Centre for Settlement
of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
International Computing Centre (ICC)
International Institute for
Educational Planning (IIEP)
International Labour Organization
(ILO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Strategy for Disaster
Reduction (ISDR)
International Telecommunication Union
(ITU)
International Trade Centre (ITC)
International Training Centre of the
ILO (ITC/ILO)
Joint Inspection Unit (JIU)
Joint United Nations Programme on
HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
ReliefWeb
Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN)
United Nations (UN) - In Cambodia
United Nations (UN) - In Geneva
United Nations (UN) - In New York,
USA
United Nations Atlas of the Oceans
United Nations Board of Auditors
United Nations Capital Development
Fund
United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF)
United Nations Commission on
International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
United Nations Common Supplier
Database (UNCSD)
United Nations Communications Group
United Nations Compensation
Commission (UNCC)
United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification (UNCCD)
United Nations International Drug
Control Programme
United Nations Development Fund for
Women (UNIFEM)
United Nations Development Group
(UNDG)
United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) in Cambodia
United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP)
United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP)
United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
United Nations Fund for International
Partnerships (UNFIP)
United Nations Geographic Information
Working Group (UNGIWG)
United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights, Office of the (OHCHR)
United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees, Office of the (UNHCR)
United Nations Human Settlements
Programme (UN-HABITAT)
United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO)
United Nations Information and
Communication Technologies Task Force (UNICT TF)
United Nations Institute for
Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
United Nations Institute for Training
and Research (UNITAR)
United Nations International
School(UNIS)
United Nations Interregional Crime
and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
United Nations Research Institute for
Social Development (UNRISD)
United Nations World Tourism
Organization (UNWTO)
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
World Bank Group
World Food Programme (WFP)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO)
World Meteorological Organization
(WMO)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
4: TO NAME WORKS OF ART
For example:
The Picaso Painting
The Mona Lisa
The Guernica
5 : TO NAME DAYS OF THE WEEK
For example:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Satturday
Sunday
6 : TO NAME MONTHS OF THE YEAR
For example:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
7 : TO NAME THE FESTIVALS
For example:
International New Year Day
Victory Day Over Genocidal
Meak Bochea Day
International Women’s Day
Khmer New Year Day (Choul Chhnam
Khmer)
International Labor Day
Visak Bochea Day
Royal Ploughing Day
Royal Ploughing Day
Royal Birthday of the King Sihamoni
Day of Remembrance
International Children Day
Royal Birthday of the King Mother
Monineath Sihanouk
Pchum Ben Day
Constitutional Day
Commemoration Day of King Norodom
Sihanouk
Paris Peace Agreement Day
Royal Coronation of the King
Water Festival and Moon Festival and
Boat Racing
II: THE COMMON NOUNS
Definition: A common noun is a sort of noun whch can be used to name the general noun, not a particular noun. Common nouns are everything else. Words like “book”, “table”, “mountain”, “love” and “money” are all common nouns.
For example:
Definition: A common noun is a sort of noun whch can be used to name the general noun, not a particular noun. Common nouns are everything else. Words like “book”, “table”, “mountain”, “love” and “money” are all common nouns.
For example:
Time
Way
Year
Work
Government
Day
Man men
World
Life
Part
House
Course
Case
System
Place
End
Group
Company
Party parties
Information
School
Fact
Money
Point
Example
State
Business
Night
Area
Water
Thing
Family
Head
Hand
Order
John
Side
Home
Development
Week
Power
Country
Council
Use
Service
Room
Market
Problem
COMMON AND PROPER NOUNS
EXERCISE 1
Direction: Are these nouns common or proper nouns?
1. San Francisco (common noun / proper noun)
2. John Smith (common noun / proper noun)
3. Brother (common noun / proper noun)
4. Motorbike (common noun / proper noun)
5. Museum of Modern Art (common noun / proper noun)
6. September (common noun / proper noun)
7. Girl (common noun / proper noun)
8. Morocco (common noun / proper noun)
9. Park (common noun / proper noun)
10. Lucy (common noun / proper noun)
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