Name: ________________________________

Roll no.: ____ Date: __________

Class: II Section: _____
Subject: English

NOUNS-COMMON AND PROPER

I. Look at the scene at the park. Make a list of person,

place,animal and things you see in the picture.

Person __________ __________

__________ __________

Place __________

Animal __________ ___________

Thing __________ ___________

__________ __________

The words you have written above are naming words as

they give names to persons, place,animals and things
that you see in the picture.

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 Naming words are also called Nouns.

 A noun is the name of a person, place, animal

or thing.

II. Solve the following riddles to find out the nouns.

1. I am very hot. I shine by day. ______________

2. I am used for cutting. I rhyme with wife. _____________

3. You come to me when you are ill.______________

4. I can crawl. I rhyme with pail.______________

5. I have four legs but cannot walk.______________

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III. Choose the correct noun from the box and fill in the
blanks to complete the pairs.

windows feet key butter thread

aunt vegetables daughters sisters
saucers gentlemen

pant feet blouse socks

1. brothers and ____________ 2. sons and ___________

3. fruits and ____________ 4. bread and ___________

5. ladies and ____________ 6. uncle and __________

7. needle and ____________ 8. lock and ___________

9. doors and ____________ 10. hands and __________

11. shirt and ____________ 12. skirt and ____________

13. cup and ____________ 14. shoes and ___________

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IV. Which noun best completes each sentence?

puppy flag bottle milk paper wheels

apples piano mouse girl book city

1. A _______________ went to the school today.

2. A baby dog is called a _______________.

3. The present was wrapped in a sheet of _______________.

4. The Indian_______________ has a chakra in the middle.

5. The _______________ ate all the pieces of cheese.

6. We filled the _______________ with water.

7. We get _______________ from cows and goats.

8. I read the _______________in the morning.

9. The _______________ is a musical instrument.

10. Ram went to the ___________ to work.

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 We know that words like girl, city and book are

nouns, but a noun like girl does not refer to any girl in
particular. It is a name we give to all persons of one kind –
girls in general.

 A noun like city does not refer to any city in particular.

It is a name we give to all the cities in general. The city may
be anywhere in the world.

 Similarly, a noun like book does not refer to a

Particular book. It may be a book of English or
Mathematics. Such nouns like girl, city and book, are
known as common nouns.

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 The names given in general to every person, place

animal or thing of the same kind are called common
nouns.
 Common nouns do not begin with a capital letter
unless they are used at the beginning of a sentence.

V. Tick the correct nouns.

1. Young one of an animal

cow cat kitten calf puppy

2. drinks
milk tea coffee butter cheese

3. birds
ducks cows frogs crows pigeon

4. homes
huts flats beds kennels stables

5. sweet
salt lemon sugar honey chocolate

6. milk products
curd butter sauce cheese ice

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7. insects
ants fish bees flies ducks

8. clothes
sari gold silver shirt skirt

VI. Underline the common nouns in the following

sentences.

1. The lion is the king of the jungle.

2. The little boy has a red pencil.

3. Put the newspaper on the table.

4. I play cricket and my brother plays football.

5. The girl is cooking vegetables in a pot.

6. Birds fly in the sky.

7. This shop sells books, notebooks, pens and pencils.

8. Rabbits are fond of carrots.

9. He forgot the car keys in the office.

10. Elephants live in jungles.

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VII. Look at the picture below.

This is a picture of a man, a woman and a boy.

Now look at the next pictureand the names given
below.

Rohit Reema

Raj Rina

You now know who these people are as they have names.
They are Rohit, Reema, Rina and Raj.
In the above picture, Rohit, Reema, Rina and Raj are
nouns, but are special names. They are names of
particular people in the family.
Let’s read these sentences.
1. Mumbai is a big city.
2. The man lives on Juhu Tara Road.
3. The Taj Mahal is in Agra.

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In sentence (1),
Mumbai is a noun, but it is also a special name, the name
of a particular city.
In sentence (2),
Juhu Tara Road is a noun, but it is also a special name,
the name of a particular road.
Similarly, in sentence (3),
The Taj Mahal is a noun, which is a special name, the
name of a particular building and Agra is a noun, which
is also a special name, the name of a particular city.

Rohit, Reema, Rina, Raj, Mumbai, Juhu Tara Road,

Taj Mahaland Agra are all proper nouns.

 A noun which is a special name, of a particular

person, place or thing is a proper noun.

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 The names of the months of the year- January,

February, March and so on are all proper nouns.
 The names of the days of the week- Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and so on are all proper
nouns.
 The names of particular lakes, oceans, rivers etc.
are all proper nouns.

 You must have noticed that proper nouns

always begin with a capital letter even if they
are used in the middle of a sentence.

VIII. Write the special names of the following.

1. Your name:_________________

2. Your mother’s name: _________________

3. The name of your school: _________________

4. The month that has 28 days: _________________

5. The name of your country: _________________

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IX. Here are some nouns. Put them under the correct
columns.

Goa man December Friday London

aeroplane boy India Kolkata pencil

garden woman French Tia cousin

Himalayas school Christmas

friendbottle

Common Noun Proper Noun

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X. Pick out the proper and common nouns from this

passage and put them in the correct circle.

Some people have cats as pets while others have dogs.

Aunt Leena is not like those people. She has two hens.One
is named Lulu and the other, Molly. Lulu and Molly live in
a coop in Aunt Leena’s garden. They eat special chicken
food bought at the store. When the hens are outside, they
love to eat the bugs they catch. Lulu and Molly even like to
eat worms that they pull out of the ground. Aunt Leena’s
pets give her eggs to eat. Dogs and cats cannot do that.
Lulu and Molly are special pets.

Proper Nouns

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Common Nouns

XI. Some common nouns are given below. Write an

appropriate proper noun for each.

Common Nouns Proper Nouns

1. month ______________

2. day _____________

3. city ______________

4. hotel ______________

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5. river ______________

6. actor ______________

7. cricketer ______________

8. festival ______________

9. school ______________

10. country ______________

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