1ST Grade

NOUNS
Common, Proper, Possessive

Language Arts
Practice Sheets
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Common Noun
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names a person, place, or thing

Common nouns do NOT
begin with capital letters.

kid
teacher
man
mom

Person
school turtle
park soda
city cartoon

Place Animal / Thing

Name: _____________________ Date: _____________________

Color the Nouns

A noun is a person, place, animal, or thing.

Direction:
Color the apples with common nouns.

bunny
ball
small

tree
ship
two

moon yes

store

red sister
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Color Code the Nouns

A noun is a person, place, animal, or thing.

Direction:
person: red place: yellow thing: blue

tiger snail
bakery

mother
library

doctor
cake flower

pilot house
airport
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Sorting the Nouns

A noun is a person, place, animal, or thing.

Direction:
Sort the nouns in the word bank into the correct box.

Word Bank
bear baker hippo apple
teacher zoo girl school
room spoon house boy

Animal /
Person Place
Thing
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Find the Nouns

A noun is a person, place, animal, or thing.

Direction:
Circle the noun in each sentence.

1. There is a dog.
2. It is in the house.
3. I like your toy.
4. Is it on the table?
5. The dish is white.
6. I want to eat an apple.
7. Let’s go to the park.
8. Put the ball over there.
9. These books are funny.
10.That is a big cup.
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Make a Noun Train

A noun is a person, place, animal, or thing.

Direction:
Write nouns for each category.

Person

Place

Thing
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Silly Noun Story

A noun is a person, place,

animal, or thing.

Direction:
Fill in the blank with a noun.

It was a sunny day. I saw a big _________

by a river. It had a long _________ and
furry _________s. It was eating _________
and drinking _________. After drinking, it
began to dance. It danced on the
_________, under the _________, and next
to the _________. I began to sing, and we
danced together. I danced all the way
back home.
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Proper Noun
Special names of
people, places, and things
Proper nouns begin with capital letters.

Person

Poppy

Place Animal / Thing

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Common Noun or Proper Noun

Proper nouns are special names of people,
places, and things.
Direction:
Color the common nouns yellow and color
the proper nouns green.
New
York

fox Jenny

city
Maple
Park
monkey

pet store

Tom

child Mr. Lee

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Common and Proper Noun Sort

Direction:
Read the words below, cut out the boxes, then sort
them into the correct space.

COMMON NOUN PROPER NOUN

Mr. Fisher phone Skittles

candy Alaska hot dog
dentist Angela book
Burger King basket Disney World
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Common and Proper Noun

MATCHING
Direction: Match the common noun to the correct proper noun.

restaurant Andrew

boy Ray’s Pizza

teacher Walmart

park Central Park

mart Mrs. Jones

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

candy Texas

country Sarah

state Kit Kat

school Mexico

girl Riverside School

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Proper Nouns

Proper nouns begin with capital letters.

Direction:
Rewrite the sentence with the correct proper noun.

1. My name is (linda).
____________________________________________
2. I go to (maple school).
____________________________________________
3. My best friend’s name is (jack).
____________________________________________
4. We like to go to (oak park).
____________________________________________
5. We sometimes take my dog (coco).
____________________________________________

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Proper Nouns
Proper nouns are specials names of people, places,
and things. Proper nouns begin with capital letters.

Direction:
Read the story. Find the proper nouns and circle them.

Sophia wanted to go to an ice cream store. She went to

Baskin Robbins. At the store, she met her friend Jose.
They bought ice cream and went to Sunny Park. After
finishing the ice cream, they shared their favorite candy,
Snickers. Then, they played near a pond and found a
frog. They named it Freddy. They decided to take turns
caring for Freddy. They were happy to find a cute little
pet at the park.

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Proper Noun Detective

Proper nouns are special names of people, places,
and things. Proper nouns begin with capital letters.

Direction:
Write a matching proper noun for each common noun.

my name: the name of my school:

my favorite restaurant: my favorite movie:

my teacher’s name: my favorite candy:

my friend’s name: my favorite book:

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 Possessive
Noun
Tells what someone or something owns

Mr. Bell’s broom Lynn’s pumpkin

School’s bell Squirrel’s acorn

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Whose Is It?
Possessive nouns tell what someone or something owns.

Direction:
Use ’s to write down whose item it is.
Example:
The bone belongs to Big Dog.
It is Big Dog’s.

1. The kite belongs to Tracy.

It is __________________________.
2. The phone belongs to Mom.
It is __________________________.
3. The candle belongs to the school.
It is the __________________________.
4. The car belongs to Mr. Free.
It is __________________________.
5. The ball belongs to Luke.
It is __________________________.
6. The apple belongs to Little Cat.
It is __________________________.
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Possessive Nouns
Possessive nouns tell what someone or something owns.

Direction:
Write the possessive noun for each picture.
Pirate Jen Hen

Pirate’s flag
___________________ ___________________ ___________________
Bear Clown Kenny

___________________ ___________________ ___________________

Pig Ghost Snowman

___________________ ___________________ ___________________

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Possessive Noun Hunt

Possessive nouns tell what someone or something owns.

Direction:
Color the clouds with a possessive noun. There is one
tricky one!

Ducks
Tony’s Uncle’s

Goats Maddy’s

Bear’s Teacher’s
Hands

Pencils
Benches

Zoo’s Don’t Children’s

Duck’s Chris

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Possessive Nouns
Possessive noun tells what someone or something owns.

Direction:
Circle the possessive noun and add ’s.

Example:

The mother hens eggs are white.

1. Vickys puppy is so small.

2. The horses tail is long.
3. The barns doors are broken.
4. The mans shirt is too big.
5. Sams hands are very dirty.
6. The boys cat is cute.
7. Toms sister brings us lemonade.
8. May I go to Alvins birthday party?
9. Those are Fun Farms berries.
10.Do you want to try Ms. Cranes cookies?
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Plural Noun or Possessive Noun?

Possessive nouns tell what someone or something owns.

Direction:
Read the sentence, then circle the correct word.

Example:

Kate and I played with (Jays, Jay’s) brothers.

1. Let’s go play at (Donnas, Donna’s) house.

2. Can we go look at (Grandmas, Grandma’s)
garden?
3. The (dogs, dog’s) are chasing the birds.
4. I want to visit (Harrys, Harry’s) house.
5. Mom and I bought some (apples, apple’s).
6. The (plants, plant’s) leaves are huge!
7. (Ians, Ian’s) jacket is yellow and black.
8. I think that is (Hugo, Hugo’s) hamster.
9. The (chicks, chick’s) are swimming in the lake.
10.How many (cookies, cookie’s) do you want?
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Name: _____________________ Date: _____________________

Plural Noun or Possessive Noun

CUT and PASTE
Possessive nouns tell what someone or something owns.

Direction:
Cut and paste the plural and possessive nouns at the bottom
in the correct box.

Possessive Noun Plural Noun

trees school’s monkeys Dad’s

Jake’s nails brother’s albums

sisters jacket’s elf’s gloves

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