Class 5 Grammar Worksheet on Common, Proper, and Collective Nouns – Identify and Classify
Master Nouns with Confidence: Common, Proper & Collective Nouns for Class 5
This Grade 5 worksheet is a comprehensive grammar tool designed to help learners identify and use three major types of nouns—common, proper, and collective. Through categorization, correction, sentence creation, and visual writing tasks, students will gain a deeper understanding of how to use nouns meaningfully in writing and speech.
Why Common, Proper & Collective Nouns Matter in Grammar?
Each type of noun plays a distinct role in communication. For Grade 5 students, this knowledge is important because:
1. It teaches clarity and specificity in sentence writing.
2. It helps learners group and identify people, places, and things accurately.
3. It builds advanced grammar awareness for creative and academic writing.
4. It enhances vocabulary classification and word usage precision.
What’s Inside This Worksheet?
This worksheet features five grammar-focused exercises, building noun mastery through structure and creativity:
🧩 Exercise 1 – Noun Sorting Activity
Students sort 18 nouns from a word bank into three columns: Common Nouns, Proper Nouns, and Collective Nouns.
🔍 Exercise 2 – Circle, Underline & Color the Nouns
Learners underline the common nouns, circle the proper nouns, and color the collective nouns in each of ten sentences.
✏️ Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks
Students fill in ten blanks using nouns that fit the sentence structure as either common, proper, or collective.
📝 Exercise 4 – Rewrite Sentences Correctly
Children rewrite sentences by correcting errors in capitalization and noun types, especially proper and collective noun usage.
🎨 Exercise 5 – Sentence Writing with Nouns
From a word bank of nouns, learners select five and write original sentences using each word, underlining the noun used.
✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)
Exercise 1 – Noun Sorting
Common Nouns: teacher, basket, library, street, park, player, uncle, school, garden
Proper Nouns: India, Aman, Taj Mahal, Ganga, Holi, Parliament, Himalayas
Collective Nouns: family, army, team, committee, crowd, class, group, herd
Exercise 2 – Noun Marking
1. Reena (Proper), Delhi Zoo (Proper), friends (Collective)
2. team (Collective), trophy, match (Common)
3. Mr. Sharma (Proper), English, Science (Proper)
4. flock (Collective), birds, sky (Common)
5. class (Collective), museum, Monday (Proper)
6. Ravi, Meena (Proper), book (Common)
7. uncle (Common), Indian Army (Proper/Collective)
8. audience (Collective), play (Common)
9. school (Common), cricket match (Common)
10. committee (Collective), rules, game (Common)
Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks
1. library
2. army
3. Ama
4. flock
5. Delhi
6. audience
7. Mumbai
8. class
9. team
10. park
Exercise 4 – Sentence Rewriting (Corrected)
1. India is a big country.
2. My friend studies in St. Joseph School.
3. A bunch of children are playing outside.
4. Mr. Ramesh is a doctor at City Hospital.
5. The cricket team is getting ready.
6. The lion is the king of the jungle.
7. She visited the Taj Mahal in Delhi.
8. A group of puppies is called a litter.
9. My uncle is working in the Indian Navy.
10. We saw a group of girls at the mall.
Exercise 5 – Sample Sentences
1. The audience clapped after the performance.
2. Ravi is my best friend.
3. I go to school every morning.
4. A tiger roared in the jungle.
5. The Parliament passed a new law.
(Nouns underlined as per instructions)
Frequently Asked Questions
A common noun refers to a general name (e.g., city, book), while a proper noun is a specific name and starts with a capital letter (e.g., Delhi, Harry Potter).
A collective noun names a group as one single unit, like class (group of students) or flock (group of birds). It’s one word that stands for many.
Using the right type of noun improves clarity, grammar accuracy, and helps the reader understand what, who, and how many you’re talking about.
