Lesson 8.2

Do you remember the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?

Read the business letter below from the “Correspondence” unit. Then complete the written exercise.

Every sentence must have a noun, but not every sentence has a proper noun.

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25 February 2007

NewTech Ltd

21 Clifton Road

Portsmouth PR4 7PY

Mr Karl Zorn

Production manager, TSP Technologies

Georgenstrasse 132

Berlin 3287

Germany

Dear Mr Zorn:

Re: Visit to Berlin

Further to our telephone conversation, I would like to confirm my next visit to

Berlin. I hope to be in Berlin on May 5, 6 and 7, and I would be very pleased

if we could meet to discuss our production requirements for next year. Please

let me know when it would be convenient for you.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Chris O’Connell

Chris O’Connell

Can you find three common nouns in the letter above (any person, place, or thing)?

1.

2.

3.

Can you find three proper nouns in the letter above?

1. (the name place)

2. (the name of a company)

3. (a name of a person)