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3rd Grade Common and Proper Nouns worksheets

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Common and Proper Nouns

Grade 3 Grammar Worksheet

NameDate

Write each name with capital letters.

In (july), we swim at the lake.
The bus stops at (oak street).
We eat turkey on (thanksgiving).
My teacher, (ms. rivera), reads to us every day.
My brother's favorite planet is (saturn).
The president lives in the (white house).
We swam in (lake michigan).
The parade is on (memorial day).
We celebrate (earth day) by planting trees.
The ferry crosses (lake champlain) twice a day.
Our class sent a card to (mrs. kim), our old teacher.
The class took pictures of (mount rainier).

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About this worksheet

A noun names a person, place or thing. A common noun names any one of a kind, such as city, teacher or lake. A proper noun names one exact person, pet, place, day or holiday, such as Denver, Ms. Rivera or Lake Erie, and it always begins with a capital letter. Third graders meet proper nouns in every book they read and need to tell them apart from common nouns before they can capitalize them when they write. This worksheet has one job: every sentence has a blank, and the name that goes in it is given in small letters in brackets.

Your child writes the name again with capital letters, such as ms. rivera becoming Ms. Rivera or lake michigan becoming Lake Michigan. Early sentences use names of people, pets, days and months. Later ones use places with more than one word, holidays and landmarks, where every important word starts with a capital letter. Ask your child one question each time: does this word name one exact person or place, or any one of that kind?

What your child will learn

Know that the exact name of a person, pet, place, day or holiday is a proper noun
Start every proper noun with a capital letter
Capitalize each important word in a name of more than one word

Common Core standard: L.3.1.A

Worked example

My aunt lives in ____ (denver). Denver names one exact city, so it is written Denver, with a capital D.

Common mistake

Capitalizing only the first word of a name, such as Lake michigan, instead of every important word.

Helpful hint

An exact name starts with a capital letter, and so does each important word in it.

Next skill: Regular and Irregular Nouns

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with common and proper nouns?

Capitalizing only the first word of a name, such as Lake michigan, instead of every important word.

How can I help my child with common and proper nouns?

An exact name starts with a capital letter, and so does each important word in it.

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