Curated OER
Capitalization: Common and Proper Nouns #4
In this capitalization of proper nouns worksheet, students rewrite 14 names of holidays or special events. Students capitalize the important letters. Students circle the correct word: holiday or special event.
Curated OER
Noun Switcheroo!
In this nouns worksheet, students identify common and proper nouns. In this fill-in-the-blank/matching worksheet, students supply ten nouns.
Curated OER
Identifying Types of Nouns
In this identifying types of nouns worksheet, 8th graders write the type for 48 nouns, choosing singular or plural, common or proper, concrete or abstract, with examples of each type.
Curated OER
Make Me Proper! Proper Noun Worksheet
In this proper nouns worksheet, students read a list of ten common nouns. For each common noun shown, students write a proper noun. Example: city (Chicago).
Curated OER
Using Capital Letters 1
In this language arts worksheet, learners analyze a list of 30 mixed common and proper nouns. Students mark which words should start with a capital letter and write them out correctly.
Curated OER
Brainstorm Nouns
In this grammar worksheet, students work with nouns. First, students brainstorm common nouns and write them in a box, and then repeat for proper nouns. Students are advised to be ready to share their findings with the class.
Curated OER
Language Arts: Introduction to Nouns
Ninth graders discover how to differentiate types of nouns through interactive group work by using packets of manipulatives and completing worksheets. After discussing the characteristics of common and proper nouns, they open the packets...
Curated OER
Nouns
In this nouns learning exercise, students review the definition for common and proper nouns. Students then circle the common nouns in the sentences. Students write the common nouns to complete each sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Common Noun
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a common noun in the context of a sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Proper Noun
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a proper noun in the context of a sentence.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Meet the Preposition With Pictures
Choose the common and proper nouns in each sentence in this seven-question quiz.
Other
Grammar Monster: What Are Common Nouns? (With Examples)
Get a better understanding of nouns with definitions and examples of common nouns, examples of common and proper nouns, noun capitalization rules, common noun categories, and a video [5:21] on common and proper nouns.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Proper Noun Race
During this lesson, students will review nouns and identify common and proper nouns in context. A short story will be written using both types of nouns. An interactive Internet site will be used to reinforce the lesson.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Common and Proper Nouns
Learn to distinguish common and proper nouns from one another!
TES Global
Blendspace: Common Nouns and Proper Nouns
A six-part learning module with links to videos, images, and websites on common and proper nouns.
Other
Grammaropolis: The Nouns
This is a lesson in nouns including defining nouns, common, proper, concrete, abstract, compound, and collective nouns. It defines each type, shows its use in a sentence, and provides examples.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: What Is a Proper Noun?
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart defines proper nouns and includes a short video about proper nouns.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Grammar: Proper Noun or Common Noun Quiz
Label each underlined word as either a proper noun or a common noun in this twelve-question quiz.
English Worksheets Land
English Worksheets Land: Common, Proper, and Possessive Noun Worksheets
This resource looks at the different classifications of nouns - common, proper, and possessive. These worksheets help students understand the use of each of these different types of nouns.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Common vs Proper Nouns
Students will distinguish between common and proper nouns within this SMART whiteboard lesson by moving the noun to the correct target.