About this worksheet
Eight pairs of words, one ordinary noun and one special name in each: boy and ben, dog and rex, day and monday, city and miami, cat and mittens. The child circles the proper noun and writes it on the line with a capital letter.
Every word is printed in lowercase, and that is the clever part. The capital is exactly what is missing, so a child cannot spot the proper noun by its first letter and has to think about what the word means instead. Writing it again with a capital then puts the rule straight into their hand.
The pairs cover people, pets, a city, a day and a month, so the page lines up with the capital letters first graders are learning for names and dates at the same time.
What students will practice
- Tell a common noun from a proper noun
- Recognize names of people, pets, places, days and months
- Write a proper noun with a capital letter
Details
- Grade level
- Grade 1
- Subject
- Reading · Grammar
- Standard
- L.1.1b
- Pages
- 1
- Format
- PDF · US Letter and A4 included
- License
- Free for classroom use · Attribution appreciated
- Last updated
- September 13, 2026
