This medium worksheet bridges easy sorting and harder sentence work with nine fill-in-the-blank questions and a matching activity. Part A has students complete sentences about Florida, Mount Everest, and days of the week like Thursday and Saturday, reinforcing that proper nouns start with an uppercase letter while toy and pet stay lowercase.
Part B is a four-pair matching task that links common nouns lake, state, pet, and holiday to their proper noun examples Lake Superior, Ohio, Goldie, and Christmas. Mixing definitions with real-world matches helps second graders see how the rule plays out across people, places, and special days.
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Common and Proper Nouns
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The word "state" is a common noun, but "Florida" is a proper noun.
2. A common noun names any person, place, or thing.
3. "Mountain" is common, but "Mount Everest" is proper.
4. The word "toy" does not need a capital letter because it is a common noun.
5. Days of the week like Thursday and Saturday are proper nouns.
6. A proper noun for the common noun "lake" could be Lake Erie.
7. The names of states like California are proper nouns.
8. The word "pet" is a common noun because it could mean any pet.
9. Proper nouns always start with an uppercase letter.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each common noun to its proper noun example.
lake
→ Lake Superior
Christmas
state
→ Ohio
Lake Superior
pet
→ Goldie
Goldie
holiday
→ Christmas
Ohio
Common and Proper Nouns
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) The word "state" is a common noun, but "Florida" is a proper noun.
2) A common noun names any person, place, or thing.
3) "Mountain" is common, but "Mount Everest" is proper.
4) The word "toy" does not need a capital letter because it is a common noun.
5) Days of the week like Thursday and Saturday are proper nouns.
6) A proper noun for the common noun "lake" could be Lake Erie.
7) The names of states like California are proper nouns.
8) The word "pet" is a common noun because it could mean any pet.
9) Proper nouns always start with an uppercase letter.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each common noun to its proper noun example.
lake
→ Lake Superior
Christmas
state
→ Ohio
Lake Superior
pet
→ Goldie
Goldie
holiday
→ Christmas
Ohio
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