Practice telling the difference between common nouns and proper nouns, and learn when to use capital letters.
Read each problem carefully. Write your answers neatly. Remember that proper nouns name a specific person, place, or thing and begin with capital letters.
Identifying and using common nouns and proper nouns
Language Arts - Grade 2-3
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Circle the common nouns in this sentence: The girl carried a backpack to school.
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Underline the proper nouns in this sentence: Mia visited Central Park on Saturday.
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Write C for common noun or P for proper noun next to each word: teacher, Mr. Lee, city, Chicago.
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Rewrite this sentence with the proper nouns capitalized correctly: my dog max likes to run at oak park.
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Sort these nouns into two groups: aunt, Aunt Rosa, store, Target, river, Mississippi River.
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Choose the proper noun that could replace the common noun in this sentence: The boy read a book. Choices: child, Liam, student.
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Choose the common noun that matches the proper noun: Mount Everest. Choices: mountain, ocean, school.
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Find the noun that should be capitalized: We ate lunch at sunny cafe.
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Write one proper noun for each common noun: friend, school, city.
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Read the sentence: The cat slept on the sofa. Write the common nouns from the sentence.
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Read the sentence: On Friday, Ben and Carla went to the library. Write all the proper nouns.
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Add a proper noun to complete the sentence: My favorite restaurant is ____.
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Look at the words: dog, Rover, park, Green Park. Put each word in the correct place on the chart.
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Fix the capitalization in this sentence: last summer, ava went to florida with her family.
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Write a sentence that uses one common noun and one proper noun. Then underline the proper noun.