Students can practice distinguishing between specific names and general items with this engaging grammar worksheet.

Let’s go through each sentence one by one. Remember:

- Proper nouns = specific names (like people, places, brands, teams) → underline ONCE
- Common nouns = general things (like man, TV, puppy, bike) → underline TWICE

We’ll look at each sentence and pick out the proper and common nouns.

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1. The man bought a Sony television for Christmas.
→ Proper: Sony, Christmas
→ Common: man, television

2. We went to Disneyland for vacation.
→ Proper: Disneyland
→ Common: vacation

3. The puppy named Skip ran to us in the morning.
→ Proper: Skip
→ Common: puppy, morning

4. Johnny enjoys playing football with us.
→ Proper: Johnny
→ Common: football

5. Susie loves riding her bike on the weekend.
→ Proper: Susie
→ Common: bike, weekend

6. The Grand Canyon is a beautiful place for my family to visit.
→ Proper: Grand Canyon
→ Common: place, family

7. My family traveled to Yellowstone National Park in the summer.
→ Proper: Yellowstone National Park
→ Common: family, summer

8. The Dodgers are a very well-run baseball team.
→ Proper: Dodgers
→ Common: team

9. I love to go to Magic Mountain with my friends.
→ Proper: Magic Mountain
→ Common: friends

10. The Boston Celtics always entertain their fans.
→ Proper: Boston Celtics
→ Common: fans

11. My cat named Rad constantly gets into trouble.
→ Proper: Rad
→ Common: cat, trouble

12. My friends went to watch Gwen Stefani in concert.
→ Proper: Gwen Stefani
→ Common: friends, concert

13. There are many players trying out for the Oakland Raiders.
→ Proper: Oakland Raiders
→ Common: players

14. I attended Washington Elementary School when I was young.
→ Proper: Washington Elementary School
→ Common: (none — “I” and “young” aren’t nouns here; “school” is part of the proper noun)

Wait — let’s double-check #14:
“Washington Elementary School” is the full name → that’s one proper noun.
“I” is a pronoun, not a noun. “Young” is an adjective. So no common nouns to underline twice.

Also check #6: “Grand Canyon” is one proper noun (not two). Same with “Yellowstone National Park”, “Boston Celtics”, etc.

Now let’s write the answers clearly as requested — underlining proper once, common twice.

But since we can’t actually underline in text, we’ll show it like this:

Proper nouns → [once]
Common nouns → [[twice]]

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Final Answer:

1. The [[man]] bought a [Sony] [[television]] for [Christmas].
2. We went to [Disneyland] for [[vacation]].
3. The [[puppy]] named [Skip] ran to us in the [[morning]].
4. [Johnny] enjoys playing [[football]] with us.
5. [Susie] loves riding her [[bike]] on the [[weekend]].
6. The [Grand Canyon] is a beautiful [[place]] for my [[family]] to visit.
7. My [[family]] traveled to [Yellowstone National Park] in the [[summer]].
8. The [Dodgers] are a very well-run [[baseball]] [[team]].
9. I love to go to [Magic Mountain] with my [[friends]].
10. The [Boston Celtics] always entertain their [[fans]].
11. My [[cat]] named [Rad] constantly gets into [[trouble]].
12. My [[friends]] went to watch [Gwen Stefani] in [[concert]].
13. There are many [[players]] trying out for the [Oakland Raiders].
14. I attended [Washington Elementary School] when I was young. *(No common nouns to underline twice)*