Worksheet 1: Common and Proper Nouns
Practice identifying and using common and proper nouns with this printable worksheet. Click below to print or save as a PDF.
Worksheet 1: Common and Proper Nouns
Name: _________________________ Date: _________________________
1. Introduction to Nouns
Read the definitions below to refresh your memory.
Common nouns are general names for a person, place, or thing (e.g., city, book, teacher). They are not capitalized unless they start a sentence. Proper nouns are specific names for a particular person, place, or thing (e.g., Paris, Moby Dick, Mr. Smith) and are always capitalized.
2. Identification Exercise
Read each noun and write whether it is a common noun or a proper noun.
dog:
London:
river:
Amazon River:
teacher:
Mrs. Green:
car:
Honda:
3. Sentence Correction
Read each sentence. If you find a proper noun that is not capitalized, rewrite the sentence correctly.
Original: my favorite book is the secret garden.
Corrected:
Original: we went to yellowstone national park last summer.
Corrected:
Original: her friend, sarah, lives in new york.
Corrected:
4. Sorting Activity
Sort the nouns below into the correct category: Common Nouns or Proper Nouns.
city, Oakwood, mountain, Mount Everest, teacher, Mr. Jones, planet, Mars