Proper and Common Nouns Printable Worksheets for Grade 1 - Kidpid - Free Printable

Let’s go through each sentence one by one.

We need to find:
- Proper nouns → These are specific names of people, places, or things. They always start with a capital letter. We underline them in red (but since we’re typing, I’ll mark them as [Proper]).
- Common nouns → These are general names for things, not specific. We underline them in blue (I’ll mark them as [Common]).

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1) Agra is on the banks of river Yamuna.

- “Agra” → This is the name of a specific city → [Proper]
- “river Yamuna” → “Yamuna” is the name of a specific river → [Proper]
(“river” itself is common, but when paired with a name like “Yamuna”, it becomes part of the proper noun phrase — so we treat “Yamuna” as the proper noun here)
- “banks” → general thing → [Common]

So:
[Proper] Agra [/Proper] is on the [Common] banks [/Common] of [Proper] Yamuna [/Proper].

*(Note: Some teachers may say “River Yamuna” together is the proper noun — that’s also acceptable. But since “river” is lowercase in the sentence, we focus on “Yamuna” as the proper noun.)*

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2) Radha bought a bicycle for her brother.

- “Radha” → name of a person → [Proper]
- “bicycle” → general object → [Common]
- “brother” → general family member → [Common]

So:
[Proper] Radha [/Proper] bought a [Common] bicycle [/Common] for her [Common] brother [/Common].

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3) Mumbai is a big city.

- “Mumbai” → name of a specific city → [Proper]
- “city” → general place → [Common]

So:
[Proper] Mumbai [/Proper] is a big [Common] city [/Common].

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4) Mary loves to read a book every night.

- “Mary” → name of a person → [Proper]
- “book” → general object → [Common]
- “night” → general time → [Common]

So:
[Proper] Mary [/Proper] loves to read a [Common] book [/Common] every [Common] night [/Common].

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5) There is a orange tree near my house.

Wait — there’s a small grammar error here: it should be “an orange tree”, not “a orange tree”. But we’re focusing on nouns.

- “orange tree” → this is a type of tree, not a specific named tree → [Common]
- “house” → general building → [Common]

There are NO proper nouns in this sentence.

So:
There is an [Common] orange tree [/Common] near my [Common] house [/Common].

*(Note: If the tree had a name like “The Great Oak”, then “Great Oak” would be proper. But here, it’s just describing a kind of tree.)*

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Final Answer:

1) Proper: Agra, Yamuna | Common: banks
2) Proper: Radha | Common: bicycle, brother
3) Proper: Mumbai | Common: city
4) Proper: Mary | Common: book, night
5) Proper: none | Common: orange tree, house