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Features

  • Circle the two nouns in each sentence
  • Find the proper noun: a pet's name, a day or a child's name
  • A picture beside each sentence
  • Describing words in some sentences, so not every word before a noun is a noun
  • Every word one a 1st grader can read: a sight word or a word they can sound out
  • Answer keys included

Skills Covered

  • Find the nouns in a sentence
  • Tell a common noun from a proper noun
  • Know that a proper noun has a capital
  • Read simple sentences

How to Use This Pack

Four pages of nouns. On two pages children circle the two nouns in each sentence, the animal and the place, as in The frog hops on the log. Some sentences add a describing word, so children have to look at what each word does. On two pages they circle the proper noun, the name of one special pet, person or day, which is never the first word.

In the Classroom

Make a person, animal, place, thing chart and fill it with nouns from around the room. Then read each sentence aloud together and ask: which words name something? For proper nouns, ask which word has a capital letter in the middle of the sentence.

At Home

Play I spy with nouns: I spy a thing, I spy a place. Then name the people and pets you know and talk about why their names start with capitals.

Tips for Success

  • A noun names a person, animal, place or thing
  • Every sentence has two nouns
  • A proper noun has a capital letter
  • The first word of a sentence has a capital too
  • Check the answer key

Common and Proper Nouns

1st Grade

Noun pages with short sentences about animals and the places they go. Children circle the two nouns in each sentence, then find the proper noun that names one special pet, person or day.

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What’s Included

  • 2 circle the nouns pages
  • 2 proper noun pages
  • 4 answer key pages
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