KEY

Name: ____________________________

Identifying Nouns

A noun can be a person, place, thing, or idea. Read the story below.
Circle all the nouns. Write them on the lines below the story. Write C next
to common nouns, and P next to proper nouns.
Jillian and her mother went to an auction in the city. They were hoping to nd paintings and other
artwork to decorate their home. They looked around at all the things on display. There were vases,
furniture, and sculptures. Everywhere they looked there were more beautiful and exotic items to see.
Eager to nd the paintings, Jillian walked quickly to the far side of the building. She could hardly
believe her eyes when she saw an original painting by Monet. Tiny colored dots combined to make a
magnicent picture. She didnt even want to guess how much it would cost. She knew that she would
never have enough money to buy it. She did see several other paintings that she liked. She showed
them to her mother, who agreed that they were beautiful.
The auction lasted for hours! Finally, one of the paintings that they liked was on the platform.
Jillians mother had the winning bid! By the end of the auction, they had three lovely paintings to take
home with them. Jillian also had some great memories of the time she had spent with her mother. She
would think of that day, and the painting by Monet that she had seen up close, every time she saw the
new paintings hanging in their home. It had been a wonderful day.
1__________________________________ 2 _________________________________ 3 ____________________________
4__________________________________ 5 _________________________________ 6 ____________________________
7__________________________________ 8 _________________________________ 9 ____________________________
10________________________________ 11 _______________________________ 12 ___________________________
13________________________________ 14 _______________________________ 15 ___________________________
16________________________________ 17 _______________________________ 18 ___________________________
19________________________________ 20 _______________________________ 21 ___________________________
22________________________________ 23 _______________________________ 24 ___________________________
25________________________________ 26 _______________________________ 27 ___________________________
28________________________________ 29 _______________________________ 30 ___________________________
31 _______________________________ 32 _______________________________ 33 ___________________________
34 _______________________________ 35 _______________________________ 36 ___________________________
37________________________________ 38 _______________________________ 39 ___________________________
40________________________________ 41 _______________________________ 42 ___________________________
43________________________________ 44 _______________________________ 45 ___________________________
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KEY
Name: ____________________________

Identifying Nouns
A noun can be a person, place, thing, or idea. Read the story below.
Circle all the nouns. Write them on the lines below the story. Write C next
to common nouns, and P next to proper nouns.
Jillian and her mother went to an auction in the city. They were hoping to nd paintings and other
artwork to decorate their home. They looked around at all the things on display. There were vases,
furniture, and sculptures. Everywhere they looked there were more beautiful and exotic items to see.
Eager to nd the paintings, Jillian walked quickly to the far side of the building. She could hardly
believe her eyes when she saw an original painting by Monet. Tiny colored dots combined to make a
magnicent picture. She didnt even want to guess how much it would cost. She knew that she would
never have enough money to buy it. She did see several other paintings that she liked. She showed
them to her mother, who agreed that they were beautiful.
The auction lasted for hours! Finally, one of the paintings that they liked was on the platform.
Jillians mother had the winning bid! By the end of the auction, they had three lovely paintings to take
home with them. Jillian also had some great memories of the time she had spent with her mother. She
would think of that day, and the painting by Monet that she had seen up close, every time she saw the
new paintings hanging in their home. It had been a wonderful day.
1__________________________________
2 _________________________________
3 ____________________________
Jillian (P)
mother (C)
auction (C)
4__________________________________
5 _________________________________
6 ____________________________
city (C)
paintings (C)
artwork (C)
7__________________________________
8 _________________________________
9 ____________________________
home (C)
things (C)
display (C)
10________________________________
11 _______________________________
12 ___________________________
vases (C)
furniture (C)
sculptures (C)
13________________________________
14 _______________________________
15 ___________________________
items(C)
paintings (C)
Jillian (P)
16________________________________
17 _______________________________
18 ___________________________
side (C)
building (C)
eyes (C)
19________________________________
20 _______________________________
21 ___________________________
painting (C)
Monet (P)
dots (C)
22________________________________
23 _______________________________
24 ___________________________
picture (C)
money (C)
paintings (C)
25________________________________
26 _______________________________
27 ___________________________
mother (C)
auction (C)
hours (C)
28________________________________
29 _______________________________
30 ___________________________
paintings (C)
platform (C)
mother (C)
31 _______________________________
32 _______________________________
33 ___________________________
bid (C)
end (C)
auction (C)

paintings (C)
home (C)
Jillian (P)
34 _______________________________
35 _______________________________
36 ___________________________
memories (C)
time (C)
mother (C)
37________________________________
38 _______________________________
39 ___________________________
day(C)
painting(C)
Monet (P)
40________________________________
41 _______________________________
42 ___________________________
time (C)
paintings (C)
home (C)
43________________________________
44 _______________________________
45 ___________________________
day (C)
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