Educational worksheet for identifying common and proper nouns in sentences.

Let's solve the task step by step.

Task:

Circle the Common Nouns. Underline the Proper Nouns in the sentences.

We need to identify:
- Common nouns: general names for people, places, things, or ideas (e.g., school, bicycle, chef).
- Proper nouns: specific names of people, places, things, or ideas (e.g., Katrina, Jolly, Mississippi River).

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Now, let’s go through each sentence:

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1. Our school is now closed for Thanksgiving.

- school → common noun ✔
- Thanksgiving → proper noun (a specific holiday) ✔

➡️ Circle: *school*
➡️ Underline: *Thanksgiving*

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2. Katrina loves riding her new bicycle.

- Katrina → proper noun (a person's name) ✔
- bicycle → common noun ✔

➡️ Circle: *bicycle*
➡️ Underline: *Katrina*

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3. Jolly is a playful goat.

- Jolly → proper noun (name of the goat) ✔
- goat → common noun ✔

➡️ Circle: *goat*
➡️ Underline: *Jolly*

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4. Miss Javed is an excellent chef.

- Miss Javed → proper noun (a person's title and name) ✔
- chef → common noun ✔

➡️ Circle: *chef*
➡️ Underline: *Miss Javed*

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5. Last Friday we went to watch Spiderman.

- Friday → proper noun (specific day of the week) ✔
- Spiderman → proper noun (name of a superhero) ✔
- Last → not a noun, so ignore
- we, went, to, watch → verbs/prepositions, ignore

Wait — but Spiderman is a proper noun, and Friday is also a proper noun.

But the sentence says: "Last Friday..." → Friday is capitalized because it's a day of the week, so it's a proper noun.

So both Friday and Spiderman are proper nouns.

➡️ Circle: none (no common nouns here)
➡️ Underline: *Friday*, *Spiderman*

Wait — actually, is there any common noun?

"Last Friday" – Friday is a proper noun.
"We went to watch Spiderman" – Spiderman is a proper noun.

No common nouns in this sentence? Let's check:

- "we" – pronoun
- "went" – verb
- "to" – preposition
- "watch" – verb
- "Spiderman" – proper noun
- "Friday" – proper noun

✔ So no common nouns.

➡️ Circle: none
➡️ Underline: *Friday*, *Spiderman*

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6. The Nile is the longest river in the world.

- Nile → proper noun (name of a specific river) ✔
- river → common noun ✔
- world → common noun ✔

➡️ Circle: *river*, *world*
➡️ Underline: *Nile*

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7. Ruben and Varun are best friends.

- Ruben, Varun → proper nouns (names of people) ✔
- friends → common noun ✔

➡️ Circle: *friends*
➡️ Underline: *Ruben*, *Varun*

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8. The sun goes the earth light and heat.

Wait — this sentence has a grammatical error.

It should probably be:
"The sun gives the earth light and heat."

Assuming that’s what was meant, then:

- sun → common noun ✔
- earth → proper noun (name of our planet) ✔
- light, heat → common nouns ✔

But the original says: *"The sun goes the earth light and heat."* → This is incorrect.

Possibility: typo or misprint.

But assuming it's meant to be "gives", then:

- sun → common noun
- earth → proper noun
- light, heat → common nouns

So:

➡️ Circle: *sun*, *light*, *heat*
➡️ Underline: *earth*

(If "earth" is considered as a common noun in context, but in science, "Earth" with capital E is proper.)

In this sentence, it's lowercase → might be intended as common noun.

But in English, Earth (the planet) is a proper noun, even if not capitalized in some contexts.

However, in this case, since it's written as earth (lowercase), it may be treated as a common noun.

But generally, when referring to the planet, it's Earth.

So likely, it's a typo.

But based on what's written: earth (lowercase) → possibly treated as common noun.

But in most educational contexts, Earth is capitalized and proper.

So perhaps the sentence should be:
"The sun gives Earth light and heat."

Then:

- sun → common noun
- Earth → proper noun
- light, heat → common nouns

➡️ Circle: *sun*, *light*, *heat*
➡️ Underline: *Earth*

But in the image, it's written as earth (lowercase). So maybe it's intended as common noun.

To avoid confusion, let's assume the sentence is correct as written:
"The sun goes the earth light and heat."

That doesn't make sense. “Goes” is wrong.

Likely, it's a typo and should be "gives".

So corrected:
"The sun gives the earth light and heat."

Now:

- sun → common noun ✔
- earth → proper noun (planet) ✔
- light, heat → common nouns ✔

So:

➡️ Circle: *sun*, *light*, *heat*
➡️ Underline: *earth*

Even though it's lowercase, in context, it refers to the planet, so it's still a proper noun.

Thus, earth should be underlined as a proper noun.

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Final Answers:

1. Our school is now closed for Thanksgiving.
- Circle: *school*
- Underline: *Thanksgiving*

2. Katrina loves riding her new bicycle.
- Circle: *bicycle*
- Underline: *Katrina*

3. Jolly is a playful goat.
- Circle: *goat*
- Underline: *Jolly*

4. Miss Javed is an excellent chef.
- Circle: *chef*
- Underline: *Miss Javed*

5. Last Friday we went to watch Spiderman.
- Circle: none
- Underline: *Friday*, *Spiderman*

6. The Nile is the longest river in the world.
- Circle: *river*, *world*
- Underline: *Nile*

7. Ruben and Varun are best friends.
- Circle: *friends*
- Underline: *Ruben*, *Varun*

8. The sun gives the earth light and heat. *(corrected)*
- Circle: *sun*, *light*, *heat*
- Underline: *earth*

> Note: Sentence 8 likely has a typo ("goes" instead of "gives"), but we assumed correction for clarity.

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Summary of Rules Used:

- Common nouns: general words like school, bicycle, goat, chef, river, friends, sun, light, heat.
- Proper nouns: specific names like Katrina, Jolly, Miss Javed, Thanksgiving, Friday, Spiderman, Nile, Ruben, Varun, Earth.

✔ Always capitalize proper nouns.
✔ Common nouns are not capitalized unless at the beginning of a sentence.

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This completes the task!