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3rd Grade Proper and Common Nouns Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — Answers

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3rd Grade 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? On Sunday the baker sold all his bread.
  1. Abread
  2. BSunday
  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.

2.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.

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

4.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.

5.Which word is the proper noun? The children made a cake for Theo.
  1. ATheo
  2. Bchildren
  3. Ccake

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.

6.Which word is the proper noun? My sister got a new bike in April.
  1. AApril
  2. Bbike
  3. Csister

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.

7.Which word is the proper noun? A bird landed on the fence near Kai.
  1. Afence
  2. Bbird
  3. CKai

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.

8.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.

9.Which word is the proper noun? The dog chased the ball to Omar.
  1. AOmar
  2. Bball
  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.

10.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.

11.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.

12.Which word is the proper noun? The rain fell all day on Thursday.
  1. Arain
  2. Bday
  3. CThursday

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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