Colouring NestCommon and Proper Nouns Worksheet
- Ages 7–8
- Medium
- 2 pages
- Worksheet
- Answer key
- PDF: Letter & A4
- Updated
Tip: download the PDF for Letter or A4 paper, print it at 100% and use a pencil or crayon. Tap "Show solution" to check your answer, or print it as an answer key.
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Sixteen nouns in word bubbles: eight common nouns (day, month, state, girl, country, boy, city, dog) and their eight proper nouns (Monday, July, Texas, Maya, Canada, Ben, Paris and Rex the dog). Children write each one in the right box. The pairs make the idea clear: a common noun is any day, a proper noun is one special day, and it always starts with a capital letter. Page 2 is the answer key.
Also try: Plural Nouns Worksheet: s or es · Pronouns Worksheet
Tips for this grammar worksheet
- Look for the capital letter: proper nouns always start with one.
- Match each proper noun to its common noun: Monday is a day.
- Cross each word off at the top when you have written it.
Page 2 of the PDF is the answer key. For grammar in a story, the Christmas fill in the blank stories ask for nouns, verbs and adjectives to fill the gaps. When this sheet feels easy, move on to the action verbs and adjectives worksheets. See all grammar worksheets.
For teachers and parents
- What it practises
- Nouns, plural nouns, common and proper nouns and pronouns, action verbs, past tense -ed and adjectives, capital letters, end marks, types of sentences, contractions, compound words, synonyms and antonyms
- How to use it
- Read each sentence aloud before marking it. Act out verbs, point to nouns in the room and describe them with adjectives. Answers on page 2.
- Time
- About 10–15 minutes
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Printing tips
- Read each sentence out loud before marking it.
- Ask the question for the word: is it a person, place or thing (noun), something you do (verb) or does it describe (adjective)?
- Mark with page 2, then talk about the ones that went wrong.
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