Question

recognizing common and proper nouns
a noun is a word that names a person, a place, or a thing. a common noun names any person, place, or thing. a proper noun names a particular person, place, or thing
proper noun common noun
reed junior high school hosts the tournament.

1. circle each proper noun. underline each common noun.

francesca watches the radio city rockettes perform.

1. she learns dance steps from them.
2. her dance teacher tom used to be a rockette.
3. francescas mother once performed at radio city music hall.
4. underline all the nouns in this paragraph.

sarah played with the girls on her block. the children drew hopscotch squares on the sidewalk. on tuesday, she studied african dance at bens studio.

1. revisit a piece of your writing. edit the draft to make sure common and proper nouns are used correctly.

Explanation:

A proper noun names a particular person, place, or thing and is capitalized. A common noun names any person, place, or thing. In the given sentences, we identify them based on these rules.

1. Proper nouns: Francesca, Radio City Rockettes. No common - nouns are underlined in the provided circled text.
2. Common nouns: She, dance steps, them.
3. Proper nouns: Tom, Rockette. Common noun: dance teacher.
4. Proper nouns: Francesca, Radio City Music Hall. Common noun: mother.

For the sentence "Sarah played with the girls on her block. The children drew hopscotch squares on the sidewalk. On Tuesday, she studied African dance at Ben's Studio", proper nouns are Sarah, Tuesday, Ben's Studio, African dance. Common nouns are girls, block, children, hopscotch squares, sidewalk, she, dance.

Answer:

1. Proper nouns: Francesca, Radio City Rockettes
2. Common nouns: She, dance steps, them
3. Proper nouns: Tom, Rockette; Common noun: dance teacher
4. Proper nouns: Francesca, Radio City Music Hall; Common noun: mother

For the long - sentence: Proper nouns: Sarah, Tuesday, Ben's Studio, African dance; Common nouns: girls, block, children, hopscotch squares, sidewalk, she, dance