Worksheet designed to help students identify proper and common nouns in sentences, with examples and practice exercises.

Task Overview:

The task is to identify and underline proper nouns (once) and common nouns (twice) in each sentence. Here's a brief explanation of the difference between proper and common nouns:

- Proper Nouns: These are specific names for people, places, things, or ideas. They are always capitalized.
- Examples: John, New York, Amazon, Everest
- Common Nouns: These are general names for people, places, things, or ideas. They are not capitalized unless they appear at the beginning of a sentence.
- Examples: man, city, book, mountain

Solution:

Below is the solution with the proper nouns underlined once and the common nouns underlined twice.

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#### 1. The man bought a Sony television for Christmas.
- Proper noun: Sony
- Common nouns: man, television, Christmas

Underlined Sentence:
The man bought a Sony television for Christmas.

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#### 2. We went to Disneyland for vacation.
- Proper noun: Disneyland
- Common nouns: vacation

Underlined Sentence:
We went to Disneyland for vacation.

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#### 3. The puppy named Skip ran to us in the morning.
- Proper noun: Skip
- Common nouns: puppy, morning

Underlined Sentence:
The puppy named Skip ran to us in the morning.

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#### 4. Johnny enjoys playing football with us.
- Proper noun: Johnny
- Common nouns: football

Underlined Sentence:
Johnny enjoys playing football with us.

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#### 5. Susie loves riding her bike on the weekend.
- Proper noun: Susie
- Common nouns: bike, weekend

Underlined Sentence:
Susie loves riding her bike on the weekend.

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#### 6. The Grand Canyon is a beautiful place for my family to visit.
- Proper noun: Grand Canyon
- Common nouns: place, family

Underlined Sentence:
The Grand Canyon is a beautiful place for my family to visit.

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#### 7. My family traveled to Yellowstone National Park in the summer.
- Proper noun: Yellowstone National Park
- Common nouns: family, summer

Underlined Sentence:
My family traveled to Yellowstone National Park in the summer.

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#### 8. The Dodgers are a very well-run baseball team.
- Proper noun: Dodgers
- Common nouns: team, baseball

Underlined Sentence:
The Dodgers are a very well-run baseball team.

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#### 9. I love to go to Magic Mountain with my friends.
- Proper noun: Magic Mountain
- Common nouns: friends

Underlined Sentence:
I love to go to Magic Mountain with my friends.

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#### 10. The Boston Celtics always entertain their fans.
- Proper noun: Boston Celtics
- Common nouns: fans

Underlined Sentence:
The Boston Celtics always entertain their fans.

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#### 11. My cat named Rad constantly gets into trouble.
- Proper noun: Rad
- Common nouns: cat, trouble

Underlined Sentence:
My cat named Rad constantly gets into trouble.

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#### 12. My friends went to watch Gwen Stefani in concert.
- Proper nouns: Gwen Stefani
- Common nouns: friends, concert

Underlined Sentence:
My friends went to watch Gwen Stefani in concert.

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#### 13. There are many players trying out for the Oakland Raiders.
- Proper noun: Oakland Raiders
- Common nouns: players

Underlined Sentence:
There are many players trying out for the Oakland Raiders.

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#### 14. I attended Washington Elementary School when I was young.
- Proper noun: Washington Elementary School
- Common nouns: school

Underlined Sentence:
I attended Washington Elementary School when I was young.

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Final Answer:

Each sentence has been analyzed, and the proper nouns are underlined once, while the common nouns are underlined twice. The final formatted sentences are as shown above.

Boxed Final Answer:
\boxed{\text{See the underlined sentences above for the solution.}}