Common and Proper Nouns

Directions: Read each of the following sentences. Choose the common noun from the options below. Select your choice. Do you understand?

• Yes

• No

My family and I went to the circus yesterday.

• and

• went

• family

• to

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

• circus

• April

• staged

• U.S.

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

• of

• Isaac Van Amburgh

• tradition

• began

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

• group

• PETA

• cruelly

• treated

The static or fixed trapeze act is performed on bars and ropes that mainly stay in place.

• mainly

• is

• performed

• bars

Albert Petrovski set the record for juggling eleven rings at the same time

• Albert

• same

• record

• performed

A tightrope walker known as The Great Farini crossed the Niagara Falls

• known

• Farini

• Niagara

• walker

Forte the Ringmaster greeted the crowd, "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages..."

• greeted

• Ladies

• Forte

• of

Modern circuses tell a story or convey a theme with traditional circus skills

• theme

• convey

• traditional

• or