Educational worksheet teaching the difference between proper and common nouns with examples and visuals.

Explanation:
We need to identify which words are proper nouns (specific names of people, places, or things) and which are common nouns (general names for people, places, or things).

Let’s go through each word one by one and decide:

- London → specific city → ✔ Proper noun
- mountain → general word for any mountain → ✘ Common noun
- Atlantic Ocean → specific ocean → ✔ Proper noun
- cat → general animal → ✘ Common noun
- sock → general clothing item → ✘ Common noun
- Church Lane → specific street name (capitalized, two words) → ✔ Proper noun
- castle → general building type → ✘ Common noun
- Roald Dahl → specific person (author) → ✔ Proper noun
- Africa → specific continent → ✔ Proper noun
- Thursday → specific day of the week → ✔ Proper noun
- athlete → general job/title → ✘ Common noun
- chair → general object → ✘ Common noun
- Einstein → specific person (scientist) → ✔ Proper noun
- swing → general action/object → ✘ Common noun
- day → general time unit → ✘ Common noun
- Spain → specific country → ✔ Proper noun
- girl → general person type → ✘ Common noun
- football player → general job → ✘ Common noun
- snake → general animal → ✘ Common noun
- September → specific month → ✔ Proper noun
- country → general place type → ✘ Common noun
- restaurant → general place → ✘ Common noun
- window → general object → ✘ Common noun
- Molly → specific person’s name → ✔ Proper noun
- drink → general verb/noun → ✘ Common noun
- Stonehenge → specific ancient monument → ✔ Proper noun
- car → general vehicle → ✘ Common noun
- author → general job → ✘ Common noun
- Manchester → specific city → ✔ Proper noun
- Queen Victoria → specific person (historical figure) → ✔ Proper noun
- shop → general place → ✘ Common noun

Now, list all the proper nouns (to be circled):
London, Atlantic Ocean, Church Lane, Roald Dahl, Africa, Thursday, Einstein, Spain, September, Molly, Stonehenge, Manchester, Queen Victoria

That’s 13 proper nouns.

The rest are common nouns (to be underlined). There are 27 total words listed. So 27 − 13 = 14 common nouns.

But the question only asks: *Can you draw a circle around the proper nouns and underline the common nouns?*
Since we’re giving the answer in text, we’ll list the proper nouns (as that’s what needs to be circled), and imply the rest are common nouns.

Final Answer:
London, Atlantic Ocean, Church Lane, Roald Dahl, Africa, Thursday, Einstein, Spain, September, Molly, Stonehenge, Manchester, Queen Victoria