Is tennis a proper noun or common noun?

Answer 1

The compound noun 'Table Tennis' is a common noun, a general word for a type of game or sport.

A proper noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or a title; for example:

• Jike Zhang, ITTF No. 1 Ranked Men's Table Tennis Champion
• National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA)
• Robbins Table Tennis Specialties, Inc., Clinton Township, MI

Answer 2

The noun 'tennis' is a common noun, a general word for any game of tennis anywhere.

A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or a title; for example:

• Tennis Street, Winona Lake, IN or Tennis Place, Queens, NY
• The Palm Springs Tennis Club, Palm Springs, CA
• "The Tennis Player From Bermuda", a novel by Fiona Hodgkin

Answer 3

The noun 'soccer' is a common noun, a general word for a type of sport.

A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place or thing; for example:

• Orlando City Soccer Club, Orlando, FL
• Canadian Soccer Association
• Soccer City Sports Center, Wilbraham, MA

Answer 4

Table tennis is a common noun. Proper nouns are the unique names of people, places, or things. Common nouns are the words for general things. If a common noun is part of a name, it becomes a proper noun. Pronouns always replace proper and common nouns.

Answer 5

Table ten

nis should

not be capitalized.

Answer 6

Yes, Tennis is a proper noun.

Answer 7

Yes it is a proper noun because it is naming a specific sport

Answer 8

Proper