High School

Practice Exercise 1.1 - Underline the Common Nouns in the following sentences.

1) The teacher is by the blackboard.
2) My book is on the desk.
3) The children's feet are dirty.
4) The feeble man walks with a stick.
5) The girl has a pretty doll and a blue bag.
6) The boys, girls and their dogs are playing in the park.
7) My uncle owns two cars and a truck.

Answer :

In this exercise, we are focusing on identifying common nouns from given sentences. Common nouns are words that refer to general people, places, things, or ideas, as opposed to proper nouns which are specific names. Let's go through each sentence one by one:

  1. The teacher is by the blackboard.

    • Common Nouns: teacher, blackboard
  2. My book is on the desk.

    • Common Nouns: book, desk
  3. The children's feet are dirty.

    • Common Nouns: feet
  4. The feeble man walks with a stick.

    • Common Nouns: man, stick
  5. The girl has a pretty doll and a blue bag.

    • Common Nouns: girl, doll, bag
  6. The boys, girls and their dogs are playing in the park.

    • Common Nouns: boys, girls, dogs, park
  7. My uncle owns two cars and a truck.

    • Common Nouns: uncle, cars, truck

Each of these sentences contains words that are common nouns. These nouns represent items or people in a non-specific way but are important parts of the sentence structures. By identifying these common nouns, students can better understand sentence construction and classification of nouns in the English language.