Question

directions: underline the common nouns. the number of nouns in the sentence will be in parenthesis (#).

1. (2) ms. dudley just returned from a trip to jordan, where she had been working with local lawmakers.
2. (1) gwen told me about a big sale at toy city on dodge street.
3. (2) mia has an excellent costume planned for halloween. she is going to be an octopus.
4. (2) mr. randall has an extra ticket for our trip to the bronx zoo.
5. (1) after avery volunteered with doctors without borders, she decided that she would become a doctor.

Explanation:

A noun is a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea. In each sentence, we need to identify the common nouns (not proper nouns like names of people or specific places like "Jordan" which is a proper noun in sentence 1(2) but we are to underline common nouns).

• In sentence 1(2): "trip" (a thing), "Jordan" (a proper noun - not to be underlined as per common noun task, "local lawmakers" (people - but "local" is an adjective, "lawmakers" is a common noun).
• In sentence 2(1): "sale" (a thing), "Toy City" (a proper noun - not underlined), "Dodge Street" (a proper noun - not underlined).
• In sentence 3(2): "costume" (a thing), "Halloween" (a proper noun - not underlined), "octopus" (a thing).
• In sentence 4(2): "ticket" (a thing), "trip" (a thing), "Bronx Zoo" (a proper noun - not underlined).
• In sentence 5(1): "Doctors Without Borders" (a proper noun - not underlined), "doctor" (a person - common noun).

Answer:

1. (2) Underline: trip, lawmakers
2. (1) Underline: sale
3. (2) Underline: costume, octopus
4. (2) Underline: ticket, trip
5. (1) Underline: doctor