Name:________________________________________

Date:_________________________________________

Common/Proper Nouns Quiz

Directions:

Write C in the blank if the underlined

noun is common.

Write P in the blank if the

underlined noun is proper.

___1. She lives in the city of Philadelphia.
___2. Caroline ate carrots for lunch.
___3. The advertising company held interviews for the available job position last week.
___4. He traveled through Georgia to get to his grandmothers house.

Directions:

Identify the common and proper nouns

in each sentence by placing a C or P above each

noun.

There will be more than one noun in each

sentence.
1. Vanessa ate lunch with her parents at Friendlys.
2. Cinnamon, the cat, chased the gray mouse down the stairs.
3. A squirrel collected nuts for winter and put them in her nest.
4. Gary bought new stamps for his collection.

Directions: Write 5 common nouns and 5 proper

nouns of your own, on the lines below.

You may

not use any of the nouns that were used above.

Common Nouns:
1. ______________________________
2. ______________________________
3. ______________________________
4. ______________________________
5. ______________________________

Proper Nouns:
1. ______________________________
2. ______________________________
3. ______________________________
4. ______________________________
5. ______________________________