Common and Proper Nouns ESL Games and Worksheets

Brand Name Game

Elementary (A1-A2) 25 minutes
ESL Common and Proper Nouns Game - Vocabulary: Word Association, Matching - Group Work

In this engaging common and proper nouns game, students associate brand names with pictures of common nouns and play a game where they race to find proper nouns that correspond with the common... read more

Common or Proper?

Elementary (A1-A2) 30 minutes
ESL Common or Proper Noun Game - Vocabulary: Categorising, Forming Sentences, Freer Practice, Matching - Pair Work

This free common and proper nouns game is useful for illustrating the difference between the two types of nouns. First, in pairs, students sort common nouns... read more

Know Your Nouns

Elementary (A1-A2) 25 minutes
ESL Common and Proper Nouns Game - Grammar and Vocabulary: Naming, Categorising, Spelling - Group Work

In this common and proper nouns board race game, teams race to name, categorise and spell common and proper nouns. You start by reading a description of a noun from a card. The students in each team... read more

Common to Proper

Pre-intermediate (A2) 20 minutes
ESL Common and Proper Nouns Game - Vocabulary: Word Association - Group Work

In this fast-paced common and proper nouns game, students race to change common nouns to proper nouns. One student goes first, picks up a card from their pile, and reads the common noun on the card to the group, e.g. website. The other students... read more

Geography Nouns

Pre-intermediate (A2) 30 minutes
ESL Common and Proper Nouns Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Categorising, Matching, Identifying, Error Correction, Writing Sentences

In this useful common and proper nouns worksheet, students identify and practice using common and proper nouns. Students begin by putting nouns under... read more

Proper Jeopardy

Pre-intermediate (A2) 30 minutes
ESL Common and Proper Nouns Game - Vocabulary: Binary Choice, True or False, Identifying, Categorising, Providing Examples - Group Work

Here is a fun common and proper nouns game to play in class. Draw a Jeopardy-style quiz board with points at the top and categories down the side. Choose a square... read more