Circle Common or Proper Nouns Worksheet

Students distinguish common nouns from proper names with two-color circling and correct capitalization where needed.
Grades
Grades 2–3, Elementary
Pages
1
File type
PDF
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Updated Jul 25, 2021

Subject
ELA, Language Development, Grammar
Topic
Common Nouns, Proper Nouns
Resource types
Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
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Circle common nouns in blue and proper nouns in red, then correct the capital letters in the proper names. The mixed word field includes everyday nouns alongside names of people, places, brands and calendar terms.

This one-page PDF provides practice in noun classification and capitalization. No answer key is included.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Differentiate common nouns from specific names

  • Apply capital letters to proper nouns

Teaching tips

  • Ask whether each item names any member of a group or one particular person, place, organization, or title before coloring.

Skills covered

  • Noun classification — Separate general labels from names

  • Capitalization — Correct proper-noun initial letters

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • L.1.1
  • L.2.2

Core concepts

  • Common nouns

  • Proper nouns

  • Capital letters

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