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In the sentence "The school teacher, Mrs. Sharma, announced the new holiday to all students", classify each noun as common or proper.

hard 3 marks Class 2 · English · English Grammar - Naming Words
Answer
school – common teacher – common Mrs. Sharma – proper holiday – common students – common

The correct answer is school – common teacher – common Mrs. Sharma – proper holiday – common students – common — Thus: school – common; teacher – common; Mrs. Sharma – proper; holiday – common; students – common.

Step-by-step solution

  1. Identify all nouns: school, teacher, Mrs. Sharma, holiday, students.
  2. Check each noun: Names of people or places that start with a capital letter and refer to a unique entity are proper. 'Mrs. Sharma' is a name, so proper.
  3. All others are common nouns, naming general objects or people.
  4. Thus: school – common; teacher – common; Mrs. Sharma – proper; holiday – common; students – common.
Common mistake: Treating 'school' as proper noun

Concept tested: Classify common vs proper noun

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