Common and Proper Nouns Review Quiz

1. What is a common noun?

• A specific name for a person

• A unique name for a place

• A general name for a person, place, thing, or idea

• A particular name for a thing

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2. Give 3 examples of common nouns.

• table

• sun

• apple

• car, book, dog

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3. What is a proper noun?

• A specific name for a person, place, or thing

• A type of verb used to describe an action

• A form of punctuation used to separate items in a list

• A general name for a person, place, or thing

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4. Give 3 examples of proper nouns.

• New York, John Smith, Eiffel Tower

• Pyramid

• London

• Michael Jordan

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5. Identify the common noun in the following sentence: The cat chased the mouse.

• cat

• chased

• the

• mouse

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6. Identify the proper noun in the following sentence: Mary went to New York for vacation.

• went

• New York

• Mary

• to New York

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7. Is the word 'teacher' a common noun or a proper noun?

• common noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Proper noun

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8. Is the word 'London' a common noun or a proper noun?

• Adjective

• Verb

• Pronoun

• Proper noun

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9. Rewrite the following sentence with a proper noun: The girl went to the park.

• The book went to the park.

• The teacher went to the park.

• The dog went to the park.

• Samantha went to the park.

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CCSS.L.1.1B

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10. Rewrite the following sentence with a common noun: The Eiffel Tower is in Paris.

• The Statue of Liberty is in New York.

• The Eiffel Tower is in France.

• The Great Wall of China is in Beijing.

• A tower is in Paris.

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CCSS.L.1.1B

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