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Year 3 Proper and Common Nouns Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — Answers

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Year 3 Proper and Common Nouns Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — Answers

Proper nouns name a particular person, day or month and start with a capital letter. Common nouns name any person, place or thing.

1.Which word is the proper noun? A bird landed on the fence near Kai.
  1. Abird
  2. BKai
  3. Cfence

Answer: Kai

A proper noun names a particular person, day or month and starts with a capital letter. A common noun names any person, place or thing.

2.Which word is the proper noun? My sister got a new bike in April.
  1. Abike
  2. Bsister
  3. CApril

Answer: April

A proper noun names a particular person, day or month and starts with a capital letter. A common noun names any person, place or thing.

3.Which word is the proper noun? Last week, Zoe left her hat on the bus.
  1. Abus
  2. Bhat
  3. CZoe

Answer: Zoe

A proper noun names a particular person, day or month and starts with a capital letter. A common noun names any person, place or thing.

4.Which word is the proper noun? The children made a cake for Theo.
  1. Acake
  2. Bchildren
  3. CTheo

Answer: Theo

A proper noun names a particular person, day or month and starts with a capital letter. A common noun names any person, place or thing.

5.Which word is the proper noun? The library gets new books in January.
  1. Abooks
  2. BJanuary
  3. Clibrary

Answer: January

A proper noun names a particular person, day or month and starts with a capital letter. A common noun names any person, place or thing.

6.Which word is the proper noun? Every day, Nina puts the flowers in a vase.
  1. Aflowers
  2. Bvase
  3. CNina

Answer: Nina

A proper noun names a particular person, day or month and starts with a capital letter. A common noun names any person, place or thing.

7.Which word is the proper noun? The farmer planted a tree in October.
  1. AOctober
  2. Bfarmer
  3. Ctree

Answer: October

A proper noun names a particular person, day or month and starts with a capital letter. A common noun names any person, place or thing.

8.Which word is the proper noun? The puppy chewed a shoe on Wednesday.
  1. Ashoe
  2. BWednesday
  3. Cpuppy

Answer: Wednesday

A proper noun names a particular person, day or month and starts with a capital letter. A common noun names any person, place or thing.

9.Which word is the proper noun? Our teacher gave Ava a sticker.
  1. AAva
  2. Bsticker
  3. Cteacher

Answer: Ava

A proper noun names a particular person, day or month and starts with a capital letter. A common noun names any person, place or thing.

10.Which word is the proper noun? We take our towels to the pool every Tuesday.
  1. ATuesday
  2. Btowels
  3. Cpool

Answer: Tuesday

A proper noun names a particular person, day or month and starts with a capital letter. A common noun names any person, place or thing.

11.Which word is the proper noun? The dog chased the ball to Omar.
  1. Adog
  2. BOmar
  3. Cball

Answer: Omar

A proper noun names a particular person, day or month and starts with a capital letter. A common noun names any person, place or thing.

12.Which word is the proper noun? The rain fell all day on Thursday.
  1. AThursday
  2. Brain
  3. Cday

Answer: Thursday

A proper noun names a particular person, day or month and starts with a capital letter. A common noun names any person, place or thing.

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