Student Handouts
St. Patrick's Day Nouns: Common or Proper?
Is leprechaun a common or proper noun? This is just one of the nouns that learners must identify as common or proper for this St. Patrick's Day-themed exercise.
K12 Reader
Sort Common/Proper Nouns
Maestro Magnificent, swimming pool, magic wand. Persons, places, and things are the focus of a worksheet that asks kids to identify the common and proper nouns.
Teacher's Guide
Common and Proper Nouns for Valentine's Day
Common or proper noun, that is the question. With a Valentine's Day coloring page, class members decipher whether the word they read is a common or proper noun. Once they determine which type of nouns they see, theycolor the heart red or...
Curated OER
Common and Proper Nouns
This worksheet helps young learners differentiate between common and proper nouns by coloring each of the examples on the page in either red or blue, depending on the type of noun.
Study Champs
Nouns
Plural, proper, and common nouns are all included here. After reviewing the definition of a noun and reading an example sentence, learners underline the nouns in each of 15 sentences. Each sentence lists how many nouns are present, so...
Nosapo
Proper + Capitalization
Using capital letters in English can seem arbitrary if you don't know the capitalization rules. Guide English learners through the concept of common nouns and proper nouns using the English alphabet with a helpful practice packet.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Kinds of Nouns
With so many different kinds of nouns, it can be hard for young learners to keep them all straight. Help clarify this important part of speech for your class with this series of worksheets which clearly addresses the difference...
Curated OER
Instruction on Nouns
More of a short lesson than a worksheet, this exercise gives instruction on the definition of nouns. Young writers discover common, proper, singular, plural, concrete, and abstract nouns. Excellent!
Kids Learning Station
Proper Nouns
Do your young grammarians need extra practice identifying common and proper nouns? This worksheet will give them an opportunity to show what they know.
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
Review: Nouns
In this noun review worksheet, students circle nouns in sentences, tell whether nouns are common or proper, and write the plural of nouns. Students complete 16 problems.
Curated OER
Proper Nouns, Common Nouns, and Pronouns...With Ninjas!
In this grammar activity, students underline common nouns, double underline proper nouns, and circle pronouns in sentences about ninjas. Students complete this for 20 sentences total.
Curated OER
Common and Proper Nouns 2
In this common and proper nouns review learning exercise, students practice their grammar skills as they identify 41 nouns as common nouns or proper nouns. Students then write 3 sentences that include common and proper nouns.
Curated OER
The Parts of Speech: Nouns
It's your basic noun learning exercise here; start the first exercise by circling the nouns (or nouns) that appear in each sentence. Then, for the second exercise, determine whether the italicized word is a noun by writing yes or no.
K12 Reader
Identifying Nouns
What's more fun than an afternoon at an art auction? A morning with a grammar activity! After reading a short story about Jillian's trip to the art auction, learners jot down every noun from the passage, labeling each one as either...
Curated OER
Plural, Common, and Proper Nouns
In this nouns practice worksheet, students respond to 29 questions that require them to identify plural, common, and proper nouns.
Curated OER
Common and Proper Nouns
In this common and proper nouns practice worksheet, students examine 20 words and determine whether they are common or proper nouns.
Curated OER
Very Proper Nouns
In this common and proper noun learning exercise, students read 18 words and determine if each one is a common or proper noun. Answer Key for learning exercise is provided.
Curated OER
Noun Recognition
In this recognizing common and proper noun usage worksheet, students read sentences with blanks and the common and proper nouns in parenthesis at the end of each sentence, choose the correct noun to fill in the blank, and write the...
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
Proper Nouns
In this parts of speech practice activity, students examine 8 nouns and identify each of them as common nouns or proper nouns.
Curated OER
Common Nouns & Proper Nouns
In this common and proper nouns worksheet, students label nouns as either being common or proper. Students complete this for 10 nouns and write 6 of their own.
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.