Identify the common noun in the sentence below:
There was an earthquake in Mexico on Wednesday.

earthquake

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Mexico

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Wednesday

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is A earthquake
Common nouns are nouns which do not refer to a particular person, place or thing. They are not capitalised.
In the given sentence, the words: Mexico and Wednesday are proper nouns. Mexico is the name of a particular country. Wednesday is the name of a particular day of the week (third day). Note that these nouns are capitalised. Hence, these are not common nouns.
The word, earthquake is a common noun. Note that this noun is not capitalised.
Correct answer is option A.

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