Noun Test

What is the common noun in this sentence:

My family and I went to the circus yesterday.

• and

• family

• went

• to

What is the common noun in this sentence:

John Bill Ricketts staged the first circus performance in the US on April 3, 1793.

• circus

• April

• staged

• U.S.

What is the common noun:

Isaac Van Amburgh began the tradition of taming jungle cats in 1830.

• of

• Isaac Van Amburgh

• tradition

• began

What is the common noun:

PETA is a group that believes that circus animals are treated cruelly.

• group

• PETA

• cruelly

• treated

What is the proper noun in this sentence:

Charlie Chaplin studied the art of clowning.

• Charlie

• art

• studied

• clowning

What is the proper noun:

Americans call a clown's act a gag while Europeans call it an entree.

• clown's

• act

• Americans

• entree

What is the proper noun:

I saw a circus from China featuring a performer who spun many plates on sticks.

• featuring

• plates

• China

• performer

What is the proper noun:

Hoppy the Clown exaggerated how hard it was to ride his unicycle.

• Hoppy

• exaggerated

• unicycle

• hard

What is the proper noun:

When Irvin Feld noticed that there were only 14 clowns left in the show, and that many of them were in their 50s, he started a clown college.

• When

• Irvin

• circus

• remaining

What are the concrete nouns:

Jane and David have been on a raft for weeks.

• Jane

• David

• raft