Worksheet

Common and Proper Nouns

Grade 2 - Grammar - Building Confidence

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  1. Read this sentence: "The teacher read a poem by Maya." Which noun is a proper noun?

    • thing
    • Maya
    • class
    • teacher

  2. In the sentence "A nurse helped Sofia after recess.", which noun is common?

    • Maya
    • Patel
    • nurse
    • Denver

  3. Choose the sentence with the proper noun capitalized correctly.

    • the sentence has no proper noun.
    • Ms. Rivera read a poem to the class.
    • The sentence should not capitalize Maya.
    • Ms Rivera read a poem to the class.

  4. Which pair correctly labels nouns from these sentences: "The park has a pond." and "Maple Park has a pond."

    • both nouns are proper
    • both nouns are common
    • neither sentence has a noun
    • park is common; Maple is proper

  5. Which proper noun could replace the common noun "team" in a sentence?

    • place
    • Coach Harris
    • team
    • animal

  6. Read this sentence: "A nurse helped Sofia after recess." Which noun is a proper noun?

    • Sofia
    • class
    • thing
    • sentence

  7. In the sentence "Our class visited the museum with Liam.", which noun is common?

    • museum
    • Liam
    • Maya
    • Patel

  8. Which sentence fixes the lowercase proper noun?

    • Coach Harris carried the cones
    • The sentence should not capitalize Coach Harris.
    • Coach Harris carried the cones.
    • the sentence has no proper noun.

  9. Which pair correctly labels nouns from these sentences: "The street was closed." and "Oak Street was closed."

    • street is common; Oak is proper
    • both nouns are proper
    • both nouns are common
    • street is proper; Oak is common

  10. Which proper noun could replace the common noun "teacher" in a sentence?

    • place
    • animal
    • idea
    • Maya
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