Common Nouns, Proper Nouns and Pronouns

How do you come up with _______ unusual ideas for characters?

• his

• their

• your

• her

Identify the noun(s) in the sentence: Unlike donuts, salads are very nutritious.

• nutritious

• salads

• are

• donuts, salads

Find the nouns (2) in the sentence:
My excited sister visited the riding stable.

• sister, stable

• sister, excited

• stable, visited

• riding, stable

Which pronoun should replace the blue pronoun?
When the team won the game, the players congratulated ourselves.

• itself

• themselves

• himself

• yourselves

Choose the pronoun that should replace the blue word(s):
The hat's logo was for the San Francisco 49ers.

• Its

• His

• Their

• Her

Identify the common noun in this sentence:
We built driftwood structures at San Gregorio State Beach.

• beach

• driftwood

• structures

• built

Identify the proper noun:

We saw kite surfers at the beach in Santa Cruz.

• Los Angeles

• Santa Cruz

• Miami

• San Francisco

Find the nouns (2) in the sentence:
You like sour apples, but I like sweet fruit.

• apples, fruit

• bananas, vegetables

• sour, sweet

• like, but

Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun:
Dylan offered to let Emma read his personal narrative if he could read _______.

• her

• its

• hers

• their

What is a proper noun?

• Names a SPECIFIC person, place, thing or idea

• Refers to a general category of people, places, or things

• Describes an action or state of being

• Is a type of adjective that modifies nouns