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Common or Proper Noun? is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on telling a naming word from a particular name, aligned to Common Core standard L.1.1. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Common or Proper Noun?

L.1.1

NameDate

Sort each word into the right column.

1.Sort each one: Common noun or Proper noun?

Sort: teacher, month, China, Monday, June, day

Common nounProper noun
2.Sort each one: Common noun or Proper noun?

Sort: Everest, Rover, Leo, mountain, city, river

Common nounProper noun
3.Sort each one: Common noun or Proper noun?

Sort: girl, Nile, Paris, Friday, dog, street

Common nounProper noun

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Answer key — Common or Proper Noun?

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. China — Proper noun 2. day — Common noun 3. June — Proper noun 4. Monday — Proper noun 5. month — Common noun 6. teacher — Common noun
  2. 2.1. city — Common noun 2. Everest — Proper noun 3. Leo — Proper noun 4. mountain — Common noun 5. river — Common noun 6. Rover — Proper noun
  3. 3.1. dog — Common noun 2. Friday — Proper noun 3. girl — Common noun 4. Nile — Proper noun 5. Paris — Proper noun 6. street — Common noun

Questions about Common or Proper Noun?

What does the Common or Proper Noun? worksheet cover?

It practices telling a naming word from a particular name — 3 questions for Grade 1, all on Common Core L.1.1: Use nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns and conjunctions correctly. The instruction to students is “Sort each word into the right column”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Common or Proper Noun? practice?

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1 — L.1.1, under Language for Grade 1. The published standard reads: “Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Common or Proper Noun? is written for Grade 1, typically ages 6-7. It is one of the sheets on L.1.1, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Common or Proper Noun? come with an answer key?

Yes. All 3 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of Common or Proper Noun? can I print?

25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is Common or Proper Noun? free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Common or Proper Noun?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

More practice for L.1.1

Use nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns and conjunctions correctly.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.1.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.