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Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BATANGAS

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

ENGLISH 3
Common and Proper Nouns

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Date: _____________________________________________

A. Introduction

At the end of the lesson, you are expected to use common and

proper noun in a sentence.

What is common noun?

A common noun is the general, non-specific term for a name

of person, place, thing, animal, and event. Usually, common nouns

are not capitalized unless it is placed at the beginning of a sentence.

Examples: person – girl

place – barangay

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thing – book

animal – dog

event – birthday

What is a proper noun?

A proper noun is a specific name of person, place, thing,

animal, and event. Unlike common nouns, proper nouns are almost

always capitalized. This is true whether they begin a sentence or

not.

Examples: person – Jane

place – Aguila, San Jose

thing – Science And Health 3

animal – Bailey

event – Independence Day

B. Learning Competency: Use common and proper nouns in the

sentence– (EN3G-If-2.2)

C. Directions: Directions for parents and learners

For the Parent:

1. Guide your children while answering the task.

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2. After the lesson, sign the last page of the task.

For the learner:

1. Read and understand the directions carefully.

2. Answer each number as required by the

directions.

D. Exercises

A. Directions: Read each word. Draw a star ( ) in the correct

column if the given noun is a common noun or a proper noun.

Noun Common Noun Proper Noun

1. teacher _____________ _____________

2. Anna _____________ _____________

3. animals _____________ _____________

4. books _____________ _____________

5. Batangas _____________ _____________

B. Directions: Read the following sentences. Encircle the noun in

each sentence. Write C if it is common noun and P if it is proper noun.

Some item may contain two or more answers.

_________ 1. John finished his homework.

_________ 2. The girl is happy.

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_________ 3. My dog is wagging its tail.

_________ 4. Jane got a high score in the test.

_________ 5. The boy was hungry.

C. Directions: Complete the table below. Think of a proper noun for each

common noun and vice versa. Use each word in the sentence.

COMMON NOUNS PROPER NOUNS

1. holiday
2. Sunday
3. book
4. ballpen
5. Taysan, San Jose

D. Directions: Read the following common and proper nouns

below. Then, write a sentence using these nouns.

1. bag- ______________________________________________
______________________________________________________

2. Robinsons Supermarket- ____________________________

______________________________________________________

3. mother- ___________________________________________
_____________________________________________________

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4. car- ______________________________________________
_____________________________________________________

5. Batangas- ________________________________________
_____________________________________________________

Rubrics for Scoring

3 2 1
Each sentence and all Each sentence and all Each sentence begins with
proper nouns begin with proper nouns begin with capital letter but not all proper
capital letters and end with capital letters but does not nouns. It does not end with
the appropriate punctuation end with the appropriate appropriate punctuation marks.
marks. punctuation marks.

E. Reflection

Great! You have finished your learning task. Write down what you

learned in our lesson.

I understood that
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I realized that

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F. Reference
PIVOT 4a Learner’s Material Page 18-19
https://www.albert.io/blog/common-and-proper-nouns/
K to 12 MELC Matrix Page 108

ANSWER KEY
Practice Exercise A Practice Exercise B
1. common 1. John - P
2. proper 2. girl - C
3. common 3. dog - C
4. common 4. Jane - P

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5. proper 5. boy – C

Practice Exercise C Practice Exercise D

1. Answers may vary Answers may vary
2. day
3. Answers may vary
4. Answers may vary
5. Barangay

Prepared by:

IDONNAH MAY V. DE CASTRO

TEACHER I

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