Common/Proper Nouns and Personal/Possessive Pronouns

Select all COMMON nouns.

• country

• book

• Lake Tahoe

• Grant High School

Select all PROPER nouns.

• company

• organization

• Bolivia

• Jane Eyre

Identify all COMMON nouns in this sentence:

My cousin, Damian, majors in English.

• cousin

• Damian

• English

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My sister Aisha won the Service Award at her high school.

• sister

• high school

• Service Award

• Aisha

Identify all PROPER nouns in this sentence:

The artist who painted the Sistine Chapel was Michelangelo.

• Sistine Chapel

• Michelangelo

• artist

Identify all PROPER nouns in this sentence:

Our neighbors, who are from India, speak Hindi.

• neighbors

• India

• Hindi

The closest planet to our sun is Mercury.

Mercury is which type of noun?

• Common noun

• Proper noun

Mount Fuji, a volcano, is in Japan.

Volcano is which type of noun?

• Common noun

• Proper noun

Tariq scored thirty points for his team at the game.

Team is which kind of noun?

• Common noun

• Proper noun

School will be closed during Thanksgiving week for the holiday.

Thanksgiving is which type of noun?

• Common noun

• Proper noun