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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? The library gets new books in January.
  1. AJanuary
  2. Bbooks
  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.

2.Which word is the proper noun? On Sunday the baker sold all his bread.
  1. ASunday
  2. Bbread
  3. Cbaker

Answer: Sunday

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? The puppy chewed a shoe on Wednesday.
  1. AWednesday
  2. Bpuppy
  3. Cshoe

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.

4.Which word is the proper noun? My sister got a new bike in April.
  1. Asister
  2. BApril
  3. Cbike

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.

5.Which word is the proper noun? A bird landed on the fence near Kai.
  1. AKai
  2. Bfence
  3. Cbird

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.

6.Which word is the proper noun? Our teacher gave Ava a sticker.
  1. Ateacher
  2. BAva
  3. Csticker

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.

7.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.

8.Which word is the proper noun? The dog chased the ball to Omar.
  1. Adog
  2. Bball
  3. COmar

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.

9.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.

10.Which word is the proper noun? The farmer planted a tree in October.
  1. Atree
  2. Bfarmer
  3. COctober

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.

11.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.

12.Which word is the proper noun? The cat sat next to Leo on the step.
  1. Astep
  2. BLeo
  3. Ccat

Answer: Leo

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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