Grade Eight / Silver
Online Exercise Bank

14.1 Nouns

Recognizing Common and Proper Nouns

Use the pull-down menus to select the common and proper noun in each of the following sentences.

Common Noun Proper Noun
EXAMPLE: Bruce Springsteen is an outstanding performer. performer Bruce Springsteen
1. Charles Dickens is easily my favorite author.
2. The touring cast of South Pacific arrived early.
3. Did you know that Robert F. Kennedy once served as attorney general?
4. My math teacher at Sarah High is very interesting.
5. Thanksgiving was voted the most popular holiday.
6. Long ago, Rome was the largest city.
7. The library on Weldon Lane will be closing late.
8. Euripides, the tragic poet, was born in 485 B.C.
9. Andrew Carnegie built a very elaborate mansion.
10. In soccer, Mia Hamm was peerless.