Question

Identify the common noun(s) from the below sentence:
Jack and Jill went up the hill.
a)Jack
b)Jack and Jill
c)Hill
d)Jack, Jill and hill

Answer 1

Hint: Common nouns are generalized names of people, places, things or animals. Example- Dog, boy, book, park, etc

Complete answer:

As given in the hint, common nouns are neither used to indicate a particular noun nor written in capital letters.
Let’s look at the usage of common nouns-
Example- The boy sat on a chair. Here, ‘boy and chair’ are common nouns as they do not refer to the name of a particular person or thing.
Proper nouns are used to refer to a particular person, place, thing or animal. Example- India, The Himalayas, John, etc
Now, let’s examine the given options-
a)Jack- It is a proper noun as it refers to the name of a particular person. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
b)Jack and Jill- They are proper nouns as they refer to the name of two particular people. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
c)Hill- It is a common noun as it refers to the general name of a thing. Hence, it is the correct option.
d)Jack, Jill, and a hill- Jack and Jill are proper nouns. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
The correct answer is Option ‘c’.

Note: Proper nouns are written in capital letters, whereas Common nouns are not written in capital letters.