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Identifying Nouns Worksheets

First graders find the nouns in sentences they read themselves, including sentences with two nouns to catch. The question that never fails: does this word name a person, animal, place, or thing?

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What students need to know

A noun names a person, a place, a thing, or an animal.

This skill runs from kindergarten through 2nd grade. Pick a grade above for level-matched sentences, teaching notes, and worksheets.

Identifying Nouns across the grades

Kindergarten

A noun names a person, an animal, a place, or a thing. Kindergartners hunt for naming words in short sentences read aloud together: dog, mom, park, cup. Finding the word that names something is the first grammar skill there is.

1st Grade

First graders find the nouns in sentences they read themselves, including sentences with two nouns to catch. The question that never fails: does this word name a person, animal, place, or thing?

2nd Grade

A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or animal. Second graders practice finding every noun in a sentence, not just the first one: in "The teacher opened the window," both "teacher" and "window" are nouns. Most sentences hide two or three.