English Plus+
Proper Nouns: Capitalization
Rules and examples of proper noun capitalization are given.
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.
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.
Quia
Quia: Capitalization Flash Cards
This site contains a flash card game with general rules for capitalization of proper nouns and adjectives. Students can choose their difficulty level.
TES Global
Tes: Nouns: Revision: Explanation Booklet
[Free Registration/Login Required] This seven-page resource provides definitions for different categories of nouns: common, proper, collective, hyphenated, compound, and abstract. Numerous examples with pictures are provided for each...
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Nouns
This page focuses on nouns including definitions, types of nouns (person, place, thing/idea), common vs proper nouns, types of common nouns (concrete, abstract, collective), nouns as subjects, nouns as objects, nouns as subjective and...
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Noun Worksheets
In this learning module, students will learn more about different types of nouns. Video lessons and reinforcement worksheets are provided for the following: singular nouns, plural nouns, plural possessive nouns, common nouns, and proper...
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.
University College London
University College London: Noun Overview and Rules
Overview of nouns and rules for use. Contains information on forming plurals, count and noncount, pronouns, numerals as nouns, and gender. Exercises interspersed in material.
Other
Ef Education First: English Grammar: Nouns
Touches on gender, plurals, countable and uncountable nouns, compound nouns, proper nouns, and nationalities.
Other
Pearson Adult Learning Center: Common Nouns and Proper Nouns Quiz
A ten-question quiz where students are asked to choose a common noun for each proper noun provided and to choose a proper noun for each common noun provided. Immediate feedback is provided for each answer and a percentage score is...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Nouns
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explores the difference between common and proper nouns.
Expansion Learning
Expansion Learning: Capitalizing Proper Nouns
Activity provides students the practice they need to master the skill of capitalizing proper nouns. Immediate feedback is given.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Quiz on Possessives and Irregular Plurals
This quiz asks students to type in the correct spelling of the plural or possessive as directed and to capitalize any proper nouns. Links are provided to a quiz list, tutorials for plurals and possessives, and the "Guide to Grammar and...
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.
University of Manchester
Children's University of Manchester: What Are Nouns?
In these interactive lessons you can learn all about different types of nouns including common, proper, concrete, abstract, count, non-count, and collective. Then play a noun game and take a quiz to show what you have learned.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Nouns
A complete tutorial on identifying and using nouns that starts with identifying the nouns in "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music. Includes links to other noun grammar pages.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: Periods and Events (Not Century Numbers)
This page explains that historical periods and events are capitalized as proper nouns, but centuries are not. Examples are provided.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Proper Nouns and Daily Oral Language
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart focuses on proper nouns and contains Daily Oral Language activities as well as Activote questions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Meet the Preposition With Pictures
Choose the common and proper nouns in each sentence in this seven-question quiz.
University College London
University College London: Identify the Nouns
An exercise in identifying nouns by clicking on those appearing in a paragraph. Answers explained and link to more information provided. Browser must be enabled to JavaScript. Netscape browser recommended.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Identifying Nouns
This video lesson focuses on identifying what nouns are and the two types: common and proper. Real Player is required.
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.
University of Texas at Austin
Intoduction to French Nouns
This concise overview of French nouns inncludes a general definition, examples of gender and number, count vs. mass and common vs. proper.
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