For items 1-5, indicate which words are common nouns and which are proper nouns.

1. Give the balance sheet to Melissa.

2. After three years of declining sales, the board fired the CEO and hired a replacement from Google.

3. Tarnower Corporation donates a portion of its profits to charity every year.

4. Which aluminum bolts are packaged?

5. Please send the Joneses a dozen of each of the following: stopwatches, canteens, headbands, and wristbands.

In items 6-10, underline the subjects and circle the objects.

6. The technician has already repaired the machine for the client.

7. An attorney will talk to the group about incorporation.

8. After her vacation, the buyer prepared a third-quarter budget.

9. More than 90 percent of the research staff has contributed to the new wiki.

10. Accuracy overrides speed in importance.

For items 11-15, indicate any inappropriate noun plurals and possessives and provide the correct form.

11. Make sure that all copys include the new addresses.

12. Ask Jennings to collect all employee's donations for the Red Cross drive.

13. Charlie now has two son-in-laws to help him with his two online business's.

14. Avoid using too many parenthesises when writing your reports.

15. Follow President Nesses rules about what constitutes a weeks work.