Noun Practice

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Proper Nouns

,

(b) Common Nouns

• Alicia Keys

• house

• car

• quarterback

• Purdue University

• dog

• city

• Cynthia

• Peebles High School

• teacher

• television

• table

• aquarium

• Richmond, Kentucky

• apple

• LeBron James

• The Empire State Building

• Mr. Bartley

• The Hunger Games

• book

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Person

,

(b) Place

,

(c) Thing

,

(d) Idea

• independence

• Botswana

• student

• piano

• basketball

• rage

• gratitude

• zookeeper

• Chromebook

• theater

• gymnasium

• Ms. Perkins

• Boulder, Colorado

• behavior

• pilot

• dictionary

• kindness

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.2A

A proper noun is a ​ (a)   person, place, thing, or ​ (b)   that has a name and is ​ (c)   .

• specific
• idea
• capitalized
• general

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

Name an abstract (idea) noun.

What is the proper noun in this sentence? The students are going to France which is their favorite country.

• France

• students

• country

Which of the following is a proper noun?

• ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• fish

• water

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

True or false? A proper noun must always be capitalized. 

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2

What do proper nouns do?

• name specific places, states, and doors

• name specific people, places, and things

• name specific things, actions, and people

• name specific states, schools, and actions

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Which sentence is written correctly?

• My dad likes to go shopping at home depot.

• My dad likes to go shopping at home Depot.

• My dad likes to go shopping at Home Depot.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) concrete noun

,

(b) abstract noun

• beauty
• Xenia High School

• knowledge
• courage
• justice
• freedom
• Taylor Swift

• wisdom
• love
• bicycle
• computer
• book
• apple
• phone

• happiness
• dog

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.2A