Common Nouns and Proper Nouns Examples

In English, there are two types of nouns: common and proper. Common nouns refer to general things (similar "true cat" or "tree"), while proper nouns proper name specific people, places, or things (like "Mr. Johnson" or "France"). Here are 20 mutual and proper nouns examples to help you better sympathize the difference.

twenty Mutual Noun and Proper Noun Examples

  1. Common substantive: cat || Proper name: Garfield
  2. Mutual substantive: mountain || Proper noun: Everest
  3. Mutual substantive: book || Proper name: The Cat in the Hat
  4. Common noun: river || Name: Nile
  5. Common substantive: street || Name: Elm Street
  6. Common noun: country || Proper substantive: U.s.a.
  7. Common noun: company || Proper name: Google
  8. Mutual noun: schoolhouse || Proper noun: Harvard
  9. Mutual noun: team || Proper noun: Yankees
  10. Mutual substantive: city || Name: London
  11. Common noun: animal || Proper name: Lassie(dog.
  12. Common noun– teacher || Proper noun– Mrs. Kravitz
  13. Mutual noun– president || Proper noun– Barack Obama
  14. Mutual noun– car || Proper substantive– Ferrari
  15. Mutual substantive– cup || Proper noun– java cup
  16. Common substantive: figurer || Proper noun: Macintosh
  17. Common noun: table || Proper substantive: conference table
  18. Mutual noun: spoon || Name: tablespoon
  19. Common substantive: month || Proper noun: October
  20. Mutual noun: year || Proper noun: 1965

20 Common Nouns and Proper Nouns

List of Common Noun

  • Leg
  • Tree
  • State
  • Tea
  • Drink
  • Bisquit
  • Foot
  • Laptop
  • Sock
  • Website
  • Woman
  • School
  • Weed
  • True cat
  • Building
  • Man
  • Automobile
  • Castle
  • Planet
  • Mouse
  • Sea
  • Mountain

List of Name

  • Argentina
  • Jim
  • Central Park Zoo
  • Dolli Crown
  • Deutschland
  • Oreo
  • Morgan
  • New York
  • Mercedes
  • Titanic
  • Sydney
  • The President
  • Atlantic Sea
  • Tom
  • Tuesday
  • Agatha Christie
  • Pepsi-Cola
  • Google
  • September
  • April
  • Russian
  • Simon

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