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Common and Proper Nouns - PRACTICE

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a noun?

a)

a describing word

b)

a person, place, thing, or sometimes idea

c)

an action word

2.

Identify the noun in the sentence AND the type: The child tiptoed very cautiously.

a)

child, proper

b)

child, common

c)

tiptoed, common

d)

cautiously, proper

3.

Identify the noun in the sentence AND the type: New York City is enormous.

a)

New York City, common

b)

New York City, proper

c)

enormous, common

d)

enormous, proper

4.

Is the word in RED a proper noun or a common noun?

The Tree of Life is in Bahrain.

a)

Proper Noun

b)

Common Noun

5.

Which of the following is a common noun?

a)

summer

b)

July

6.

Okay, time to play...

Which of the following is a common noun?

a)

Monday

b)

Mary

c)

Washington D.C.

d)

blanket

7.

Which is a proper noun?

a)

Park Street

b)

turtle

c)

building

d)

the school

8.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a)

My brother, Jimmy, plays basketball for Lincoln High School.

b)

My Brother, Jimmy, plays Basketball for Lincoln high school.

c)

My brother, jimmy, plays basketball for lincoln High School.

d)

My Brother, Jimmy, plays basketball for Lincoln High school.

9.

Which sentence has a capitalization error?

a)

Please tell Mom I'll be right back.

b)

When my Dad gets home, we'll have dinner.

c)

I went to Appleton West High School.

d)

He works on Wednesdays at the YMCA.

10.

Which of these is NOT a proper noun?

(Note: I did not capitalize any of the words, so I don't give you any clues this time!)

a)

milwaukee

b)

hamster

c)

halloween

d)

friday

11.

Which is the proper capitalization of the book title?

a)

the hunger games

b)

The Hunger Games

c)

the Hunger Games

d)

The Hunger games

12.

Identify Common noun

a)

balloon

b)

Gucci

13.

Fortnite

a)

common noun

b)

proper noun

14.

Chromebook

a)

common noun

b)

proper noun

15.

Katy, Texas

a)

common noun

b)

proper noun