Special Places, Special People
Capitalization: Proper Nouns
A proper noun names a particular person, place, or thing.
A proper noun begins with a capital letter.
| name of a person | Jorge is a scientist. |
| name of a special place, a city, or a country | He will go to El Yunque near San Juan, Puerto Rico, to study the birds. |
| name of a month or a day | He will leave Monday, July 15. |
Study Capitalization
Look at the article on pages 198 and 199. Answer these questions.
1. Jean Clay is the name of a person. Joyce Hsu is another person’s name.
1. Which 2 words are the name of a person? Tell another person’s name.
2. Which word names a country? Name another country.
3. Which word names a month? Name another month.
4. Which word names a day of the week? Name another day of the week.
5. Which words name a special place? Name another special place.
Write Sentences 
Write each sentence correctly. Add the capital letters.
6. Jorge will take a trip to Puerto Rico.
6. Jorge will take a trip to puerto rico.
7. On Monday, july 15, he flies into San Juan.
8. On tuesday, July 16, Jorge takes a bus to the rain forest.
9. The rain forest is called el yunque.
10. It is 40 kilometers from san juan.
11. He will stay there until thursday, july 18.
12. On Sunday, July 21, Jorge flies back to the united states.
13. He goes to his home in miami, Florida.
Jorge studies the birds in the rain forest.