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Proper or Common Nouns?

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    Identify proper and common nouns
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  • Find the proper noun in the sentence. "I was born in Brazil."
    Brazil
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  • Find the common noun. "I was born in a small city in São Paulo."
    city
  •  15
  • Find the mistake. são paulo - June - Tuesday
    Upper case in São Paulo
  •  5
  • Which one is correct? english - math - spanish
    math - lower case; the others are languages, so they have to be spelled with upper case
  •  10
  • Which one is wrong? Arthur - Jane - chris
    chris - it is a proper noun, so we have to spell it with upper case "Chris"
  •  15
  • Which one is a common noun? Christmas - vacation - New Year
    vacation
  •  10
  • Which one is a proper noun? Scooby - dog - puppy
    Scooby
  •  10
  • Which word is spelled with upper case? school - house - friday
    Friday
  •  5
  • Which word is spelled with lower case? Cake - Brazilian - Marianne
    cake
  •  5
  • Find the proper noun in the sentence. "My parents were born in Argentina, a beautiful country."
    Argentina
  •  20
  • Find 2 common nouns in the sentence. "My favorite kinds of food are tacos and guacamole!"
    There are 3 common nouns in the sentence: food, tacos and guacamole.
  •  20
  • Find two proper nouns in the sentence. "School vacations in Brazil are in January and July."
    There are 3 proper nouns: Brazil, January and July.
  •  20