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Sort It Out! Common and Proper Nouns Game

Updated: 16 Apr 2025

Use common and proper nouns games to help your students practise identifying examples of different types of nouns.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 1 Page
Years: 2 - 3

Curriculum

VC2E3LA07

Understand how verbs represent different processes for doing, feeling, thinking, saying and relating <ul> <li>exploring ‘doing’ and ‘saying’ verbs in narrative texts to understand how they give information about what characters do and say</li> <li>exploring the use of ‘sensing’ verbs and how they allow readers to understand what characters think and feel, for example ‘He remembered his first day at school.’</li> <li>exploring the use of ‘relating’ verbs in constructing definitions and descriptions; for example, identifying the relating verb ‘is’ or ‘are’, ‘has’ or ‘have’ in descriptions of animals</li> <li>identifying different types of verbs and the way that they control meaning in a clause</li> </ul>
VC2E2LA07

Understand that in sentences, nouns may be extended into noun groups using articles and adjectives, and verbs may be expressed as verb groups <ul> <li>identifying nouns that refer to people, places, concrete objects and ideas in sentences, and identifying the articles and adjectives that extend those nouns</li> <li>building extended noun groups using articles and adjectives, for example ‘the longest side’</li> <li>building extended verb groups using verbs, for example ‘gently touched’</li> <li>investigating how noun groups can be built up by asking questions about the noun such as ‘How many?’, ‘What’s it like?’ and ‘What type?’, for example ‘two pairs of old walking shoes’</li> </ul>

teaching resource

Sort It Out! Common and Proper Nouns Game

Updated: 16 Apr 2025

Use common and proper nouns games to help your students practise identifying examples of different types of nouns.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 1 Page
Years: 2 - 3

Use common and proper nouns games to help your students practise identifying examples of different types of nouns.

Have Fun With Common and Proper Nouns Games!

When it comes to grammar, common and proper nouns can be one of the more difficult concepts for kids to master. Many students are unaware of the difference between a common and proper noun. They often assume they are just regular nouns, but that’s not the case! This year, let us help you teach them the difference between these two noun types with brand-new Common and Proper Nouns Games from Teach Starter!

Sort It Out! Common and Proper Noun Game

This engaging and interactive Common and Proper Noun game is designed for Year 1 and 2 students to help them practise identifying and categorising common and proper nouns. It’s a fun way for students to reinforce their understanding of these two types of nouns while enjoying a fun common and proper noun game!

This resource includes 30 sorting cards (15 common, 15 proper), a recording sheet for student use, and an answer key.

Downloading Our Common Noun and Proper Noun Games

Our Common Noun and Proper Noun Games are available in the following printable and editable formats. Click the dropdown arrow on the download button to select the file you prefer.

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This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator.

More Common and Proper Noun Exercises

Don’t stop there! You’re definitely going to need a few more common and proper noun exercises to finish out your common and proper noun lesson plans this week! Make sure you check out these common and proper noun exercises before you go!

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Common Nouns and Proper Nouns - Sorting Task

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Common and Proper Nouns - Interactive Activity

Identify common and proper nouns by sorting words in their context.

Curriculum

VC2E3LA07

Understand how verbs represent different processes for doing, feeling, thinking, saying and relating <ul> <li>exploring ‘doing’ and ‘saying’ verbs in narrative texts to understand how they give information about what characters do and say</li> <li>exploring the use of ‘sensing’ verbs and how they allow readers to understand what characters think and feel, for example ‘He remembered his first day at school.’</li> <li>exploring the use of ‘relating’ verbs in constructing definitions and descriptions; for example, identifying the relating verb ‘is’ or ‘are’, ‘has’ or ‘have’ in descriptions of animals</li> <li>identifying different types of verbs and the way that they control meaning in a clause</li> </ul>
VC2E2LA07

Understand that in sentences, nouns may be extended into noun groups using articles and adjectives, and verbs may be expressed as verb groups <ul> <li>identifying nouns that refer to people, places, concrete objects and ideas in sentences, and identifying the articles and adjectives that extend those nouns</li> <li>building extended noun groups using articles and adjectives, for example ‘the longest side’</li> <li>building extended verb groups using verbs, for example ‘gently touched’</li> <li>investigating how noun groups can be built up by asking questions about the noun such as ‘How many?’, ‘What’s it like?’ and ‘What type?’, for example ‘two pairs of old walking shoes’</li> </ul>

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