Proper Nouns Practice
A Grade 4 ELA worksheet focusing on identifying and using proper nouns correctly in sentences.
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Proper Nouns Practice
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Read each section carefully and follow the instructions to practice identifying and using proper nouns.
Proper nouns are special nouns that name a specific person, place, or thing. They always begin with a capital letter. Common nouns name general people, places, or things and do not need to be capitalized unless they start a sentence.
Common Nouns:
boy, city, river, month, dog
Proper Nouns:
Michael, Paris, Nile River, January, Fido
1. Which word in the sentence below is a proper noun?
My favorite book is Charlotte's Web.
book
favorite
Charlotte's Web
is
2. Which of these is a proper noun?
school
teacher
Tuesday
holiday
Fill in the blank with a proper noun that makes sense in the sentence. Remember to capitalize!
3. My best friend's name is .
4. We are going on vacation to this summer.
5. My favorite day of the week is .
Rewrite each sentence, changing the common nouns in bold to proper nouns. Make sure to capitalize them correctly.
6. I saw a movie at the new **theater**.
7. My family visited a famous **mountain** last year.
8. Our **teacher** gave us a fun project.
Read each statement and decide if it is True or False.
9. The word 'school' is always a proper noun.
True
False
10. The name of a specific holiday, like 'Christmas', is a proper noun.
True
False