Language Arts: Common and Proper Nouns
Identifying and using naming words correctly
Language Arts: Common and Proper Nouns
Identifying and using naming words correctly
Language Arts - Grade 2-3
- 1
Tell whether the word dog is a common noun or a proper noun.
A proper noun names a special person, place, or thing.
The word dog is a common noun because it names any dog, not one special dog. - 2
Tell whether the word Texas is a common noun or a proper noun.
The word Texas is a proper noun because it names a specific place. - 3
Read the sentence: My friend lives in chicago. Rewrite the sentence with the correct capital letter.
City names are proper nouns and begin with capital letters.
The correct sentence is: My friend lives in Chicago. - 4
Read the sentence: We saw a tiger at the zoo. Which noun is a proper noun, if any?
There is no proper noun in the sentence. The words tiger and zoo are common nouns. - 5
Choose the proper noun in this list: school, park, Maria, game.
Names of people are proper nouns.
The proper noun is Maria because it names a specific person. - 6
Choose the common noun in this list: Monday, river, Asia, Mr. Lee.
The common noun is river because it names any river, not a special one. - 7
Read the sentence: Ben and his sister went to the beach. Write one proper noun from the sentence.
Look for the name of a person.
One proper noun from the sentence is Ben. - 8
Read the sentence: The class read a book about mars. Rewrite the sentence with the correct capital letter.
The correct sentence is: The class read a book about Mars. - 9
Write one common noun that names a place.
A common noun names any place, not a special place.
One example of a common noun that names a place is school. - 10
Write one proper noun that names a person.
One example of a proper noun that names a person is Daniel. - 11
Read the sentence: sarah has a red backpack. Rewrite the sentence with the correct capital letter.
A person's name begins with a capital letter.
The correct sentence is: Sarah has a red backpack. - 12
Read the sentence: Our teacher visited Lincoln Elementary School. Name one proper noun from the sentence.
One proper noun from the sentence is Lincoln Elementary School because it names a specific school.