Proper Nouns (1/2)
Spanish: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 4.6.4
Proper Nouns
Proper nouns are names of specific people, places or things. In English, proper nouns always start with a capital letter.
Proper nouns in Spanish
- Most proper nouns begin with a capital letter in Spanish but not all of them do.
- The following proper nouns all begin with a capital letter in Spanish.
Countries
- Countries begin with a capital letter in Spanish.
- The United Kingdom - el Reino Unido
- Spain - España
Names
- People’s first names and second names begin with a capital letter in Spanish.
- Lamine Yamal (a Spanish football player)
- Frida Kahlo (a Mexican artist)
- Rosalía Vila Tobella (a Spanish singer)
Towns and cities
- Towns and cities begin with a capital letter in Spanish.
- Madrid (the capital of Spain)
- Sevilla (a city in the south of Spain)
- Londres (this is Spanish for London)
Test yourself on Proper Nouns (1/2)
Which is the correct use of capital letters in the following proper noun?