Find the Proper Nouns

Submitted by Syed Moksudul Islam on 5 May 2025.

A proper noun is a special name for a person, place, or thing. It always starts with a big letter (capital letter). Proper nouns tell us the exact name of something.

Editor's notes

Short, straightforward and very useful for underpinning and/or revision. A short introduction followed by 4 graduated reading and writing tasks.

Resource File(s)

e1e2findpropernouns.pdf

Resource type

Worksheet(s) or assignment

Writing assessments, tasks or prompts

Physical format

2 page PDF

Level

Entry Level 1

Entry Level 2

English

FE E1.11 Punctuate simple sentences with capital letter & full stop

FE E1.12 Use capital letter for pronoun ‘I’ and proper nouns

FE E1.13 Use lower-case letters when there is no reason to use capital letters

FE E2.13 Use basic punctuation correctly (e.g. full stops, question, exclamation marks)

ESOL

ESOL Rs/E1.1b Use full stops and capitalisation to aid understanding

ESOL Rs/E2.1d Use punctuation and capitalisation to aid understanding

ESOL Rs/E3.2a Recognise function of CLs, full stops, commas, question- exclamation- and speech marks, bullet points /numbering

ESOL Ws/E1.2a Use basic punctuation to show where sentences begin and end

ESOL Ws/E2.4a Use a capital letter for proper nouns

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Proper nouns