Question

Identify the proper noun in the following sentence:
I met Grace at the post office on my way back from school.
a) I
b) Grace
c) post office
d) school

Answer 1

Hint:A proper noun refers to a specific or a particular person or a place and always starts with a capital letter. For eg. Anuj, Nainital, Taj Mahal, etc are all

Complete answer:
A noun is a word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as living creatures, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, or ideas. We can primarily classify nouns into two categories, common nouns, and proper nouns. Let us first understand what are common nouns. A common noun is the general, non-specific term for a person, place, thing, or idea, it isn't capitalized. Here are some examples: ball, tree, flower, moon, dog. A common noun is only capitalized when at the beginning of a sentence. Most of the time, these nouns end in "s" to indicate plurality.

Now let us understand what are proper nouns, the explanation of both these nouns is important so that we are conceptually strong while identifying the types of nouns. A proper noun is a specific, unique person, place, thing, or idea. Unlike common nouns, proper nouns are almost always capitalized. This is true whether they begin a sentence or not. Example: Malaysia, Ria etc.

Now that we are clear with the types of nouns, we can easily find out our answer.
Option ‘a’, I, is not a noun, it is a pronoun, hence it is the incorrect option.
Option b, Grace, is the name of a particular person, hence it is a proper noun and the correct answer as well.
Option c and option d are common places, i.e. post office, and school, hence they are also incorrect alternatives.

So, the correct answer is “Option b”.

Note:
The first step towards classifying a word into a common or a proper noun is to identify if the given is a noun or not! For instance, the first alternative of the question above wasn't a noun.