Nouns proper and common directions circle the proper nouns in the box below elephant india jazz baseball new york dr willimas home school the olympics tennis directions underline the proper nouns and circle the common nouns in the following sentences 1 the house is in africa 2 the ford truck is missing one door. Englishforeveryoneorg name date noouunnss o pprroppeerr aanndd ccoommmoonn o a proper noun is a noun that represents aunique entity james edwards england the university of north caro lina proper nouns are usually capitalized. English for everyoneorg name date parts of speech nouns answers 1 the house is in africa 2 the car is old and is missing one door 3 when will the bus arrive 4 excitement is in the air 5 yesterday was the coldest day of the year