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Year 5 Proper and Common Nouns Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — Answers

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Year 5 Proper and Common Nouns Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — 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 cat sat next to Leo on the step.
  1. Astep
  2. Bcat
  3. CLeo

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.

2.Which word is the proper noun? My sister got a new bike in April.
  1. Asister
  2. Bbike
  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? The library gets new books in January.
  1. Alibrary
  2. Bbooks
  3. CJanuary

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.

4.Which word is the proper noun? A bird landed on the fence near Kai.
  1. AKai
  2. Bbird
  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.

5.Which word is the proper noun? On Sunday the baker sold all his bread.
  1. Abaker
  2. BSunday
  3. Cbread

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.

6.Which word is the proper noun? The children made a cake for Theo.
  1. ATheo
  2. Bcake
  3. Cchildren

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.

7.Which word is the proper noun? The dog chased the ball to Omar.
  1. Aball
  2. BOmar
  3. Cdog

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.

8.Which word is the proper noun? The farmer planted a tree in October.
  1. Afarmer
  2. Btree
  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.

9.Which word is the proper noun? The puppy chewed a shoe on Wednesday.
  1. Apuppy
  2. Bshoe
  3. CWednesday

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.

10.Which word is the proper noun? We take our towels to the pool every Tuesday.
  1. Atowels
  2. Bpool
  3. CTuesday

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? Every day, Nina puts the flowers in a vase.
  1. ANina
  2. Bflowers
  3. Cvase

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 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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