Educational noun identification worksheet with a fun story for kids.

Let’s go through the story together and find all the common nouns and proper nouns.

First, remember:
- Common noun = names any person, place, animal, or thing (not specific). Starts with lowercase unless it’s at the beginning of a sentence.
- Proper noun = name of a SPECIFIC person, place, animal, or thing. Always starts with a capital letter.

Now, let’s read the story line by line and circle common nouns and underline proper nouns.

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Line 1: “Charlie was walking home from school one day and saw a frog on the road.”

- Charlie → proper noun (specific person) → _underline_
- home → common noun (any home) → _circle_
- school → common noun (any school) → _circle_
- day → common noun → _circle_
- frog → common noun (any frog) → _circle_
- road → common noun → _circle_

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Line 2: “The frog hopped over to Charlie and started to speak.”

- frog → common noun → _circle_
- Charlie → proper noun → _underline_

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Line 3: “‘If you kiss me, I’ll turn into a beautiful princess,’ said the frog.”

- princess → common noun → _circle_
- frog → common noun → _circle_

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Line 4: “Charlie picked up the frog and put it in his pocket.”

- Charlie → proper noun → _underline_
- frog → common noun → _circle_
- pocket → common noun → _circle_

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Line 5: “‘Please kiss me,’ said the frog. ‘I’ll love you forever!’”

- frog → common noun → _circle_

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Line 6: “Charlie just looked at the frog and smiled.”

- Charlie → proper noun → _underline_
- frog → common noun → _circle_

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Line 7: “The frog yelled, ‘If you kiss me and turn me into a princess, I’ll clean your room, cook for you, do your homework, and love you forever!’”

- frog → common noun → _circle_
- princess → common noun → _circle_
- room → common noun → _circle_
- homework → common noun → _circle_

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Line 8: “Charlie smiled at the frog, and put it back into his pocket.”

- Charlie → proper noun → _underline_
- frog → common noun → _circle_
- pocket → common noun → _circle_

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Line 9: “‘What is wrong with you?’ shouted the frog. ‘I’ve told you that I’m a beautiful princess and will love you forever. Why won’t you kiss me?’”

- frog → common noun → _circle_
- princess → common noun → _circle_

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Line 10: “‘I’m just a 10 year old school boy,’ said Charlie. ‘I don’t need a princess, but a talking frog is really cool!’”

- school → common noun → _circle_
- boy → common noun → _circle_
- Charlie → proper noun → _underline_
- princess → common noun → _circle_
- frog → common noun → _circle_

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✔ Now let’s list them clearly:

Proper Nouns (underline these):
- Charlie (appears many times — each time is a proper noun)

That’s the only proper noun in the whole story! “Charlie” is the only specific name given.

Common Nouns (circle these):
home, school, day, frog, road, princess, pocket, room, homework, boy

(Note: “frog” appears many times — each time it’s a common noun because it’s not named like “Freddy the Frog” — it’s just “the frog”)

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Final Answer:
Proper nouns to underline:
→ Charlie (every time it appears)

Common nouns to circle:
→ home, school, day, frog, road, princess, pocket, room, homework, boy