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Common and Proper Nouns

A common noun is a general name, such as girl, city or dog. A proper noun is a particular name, such as Amira or London, and it starts with a capital letter.

1.Sort the nouns

Write one: Common, Proper.

  • December
  • teacher
  • river
  • London
  • Amira
  • dog
  • Monday
  • school

2.Capitalise the proper nouns

  1. 1. mei lives in paris.

  2. 2. we play football on friday.

  3. 3. leo met noah in london.

3.Find the noun

  1. 1. Which word is a noun in this sentence? The cat sleeps.

  2. 2. Which word is a proper noun? Omar reads a book.

  3. 3. Which word is a common noun? The dog chased a ball.

4.Write one of each