Underline Proper nouns and encircle Common nouns in the following sentences:

1. James lived peacefully with his mother and father in a beautiful house beside the sea.
2. When my father went to London to do some shopping, a terrible thing happened.
3. The little boy carried a small suitcase containing pyjamas and a toothbrush.
4. Aunt Sponge was a selfish and lazy lady.
5. Henry had been living with his aunts for three years.
6. She had small eyes, a sunken mouth and a white flabby face.
7. The peach was growing faster than ever.
8. Helicopters were landing like wasps all over the hills.
9. Small children are scared of being alone at night.
10. Harry walked through the tunnel that directly led to the gigantic fruit.
11. Miss Spiker bought some fabulous golden balloons for Sanya.
12. We are planning to visit Goa in the month of April.
13. Maria spotted a disgusting spider on the ceiling.
14. There are spectacular buildings like Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
15. They saw some seagulls in England.

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Answers:

1. Proper- James; Common- mother, father, house, sea
2. P- London; C- father, thing
3. C- boy, suitcase, pyjamas, toothbrush
4. P- Sponge; C- aunt, lady
5. P- Henry; C- aunts, years
6. C- eyes, mouth, face
7. C- peach
8. C- helicopters, wasps, hills
9. C- children, night
10. P- Harry; C- tunnel, fruit
11. P- Miss Spiker, Sanya; C- balloons
12. P- Goa, April; C- month
13. P- Maria; C- spider, ceiling
14. P- Burj Khalifa, Dubai; C- buildings
15. P- England; C- seagulls