✏️ Grammar & Conventions: Common and Proper Nouns (Grade 1)

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Use common, proper and possessive nouns.

1. dog — common or proper noun?

2. Max — common or proper noun?

3. city — common or proper noun?

4. Ms. Lee — common or proper noun?

5. Chicago — common or proper noun?

6. Monday — common or proper noun?

7. school — common or proper noun?

8. teacher — common or proper noun?

9. river — common or proper noun?

10. Mexico — common or proper noun?

Answer key: 1) common · 2) proper · 3) common · 4) proper · 5) proper · 6) proper · 7) common · 8) common · 9) common · 10) proper

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Free Grade 1 English worksheet (Common Core L.1.1.b): use common, proper and possessive nouns. Skill: Use common, proper and possessive nouns. Level: Grade 1 — also suits Year 2 (UK).

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CCSS L.1.1.b: Use common, proper and possessive nouns
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Use common, proper and possessive nouns.

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