This easy worksheet gives second graders a second round of common and proper noun practice using everyday words from their lives. Part A asks students to sort store, Walmart, holiday, Halloween, friend, and Julia into the correct group. Part B uses five fill-in-the-blank sentences about holidays, names, and tables to lock in why some words need a capital letter and others do not.
Part C finishes with true-or-false items about July, house, and holiday names. Repeating the same rule across familiar nouns helps second graders build the confidence they will need when they start capitalizing names in their own stories and journal entries.
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Common and Proper Nouns
Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
storeWalmartholidayHalloweenfriendJulia
Common Noun
Proper Noun
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The word "holiday" is a common noun because it names any holiday.
2. The name "Julia" is a proper noun because it names one special person.
3. Proper nouns must always start with a capital letter.
4. The word "Halloween" is a proper noun because it names one special holiday.
5. Words like "table" and "chair" are common nouns.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. The word "July" is a proper noun.
True False
2. The word "house" is a proper noun.
True False
3. Names of holidays are proper nouns.
True False
4. Common nouns name one specific person or place.
True False
Common and Proper Nouns
★ Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
storeWalmartholidayHalloweenfriendJulia
Common Noun
Proper Noun
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) The word "holiday" is a common noun because it names any holiday.
2) The name "Julia" is a proper noun because it names one special person.
3) Proper nouns must always start with a capital letter.
4) The word "Halloween" is a proper noun because it names one special holiday.
5) Words like "table" and "chair" are common nouns.
★ Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1) The word "July" is a proper noun.
True
False
2) The word "house" is a proper noun.
True
False
3) Names of holidays are proper nouns.
True
False
4) Common nouns name one specific person or place.
True
False
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