Common and Proper Nouns
Grade 2 - Grammar - On Level

Read this sentence: "A dog followed Uncle Ray to the porch." Which noun is a proper noun?
- Uncle Ray
- thing
- sentence
- class
In the sentence "My cousin met Dr. Chen at the clinic.", which noun is common?
- cousin
- Denver
- Patel
- Dr. Chen
Choose the sentence with the proper noun capitalized correctly.
- Uncle Ray fed the brown dog
- Uncle Ray fed the brown dog.
- The sentence should not capitalize Uncle Ray.
- the sentence has no proper noun.
Which pair correctly labels nouns from these sentences: "The river flooded the bank." and "Pine River flooded the bank."
- both nouns are common
- neither sentence has a noun
- river is proper; Pine is common
- river is common; Pine is proper
Which proper noun could replace the common noun "artist" in a sentence?
- animal
- place
- Priya
- idea
Read this sentence: "My cousin met Dr. Chen at the clinic." Which noun is a proper noun?
- thing
- Dr. Chen
- cousin
- sentence
In the sentence "A dog followed Uncle Ray to the porch.", which noun is common?
- Denver
- dog
- Uncle Ray
- Maya
Which sentence fixes the lowercase proper noun?
- the sentence has no proper noun.
- Nurse Patel helped Sofia after recess
- The sentence should not capitalize Sofia.
- Nurse Patel helped Sofia after recess.
Which pair correctly labels nouns from these sentences: "The town has a bridge." and "Riverton has a bridge."
- town is common; Riverton is proper
- town is proper; Riverton is common
- both nouns are common
- both nouns are proper
Which proper noun could replace the common noun "cousin" in a sentence?
- cousin
- Dr. Chen
- idea
- animal