Common and Proper Nouns 1

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I went to the circus with my family.

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John Bill Ricketts brought the first circus to the U.S. in 1793.

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Isaac Van Amburgh was the first person to train lions.

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My Aunt Jenny is afraid of lions for some reason.

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Trapeze artists do tricks on bars and ropes.

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Albert Petrovski set the record for juggling eleven rings at the same time.

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A tightrope walker known as The Great Farini crossed the Niagara Falls.

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Forte the Ringmaster greeted the crowd by saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages..."

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Modern circuses tell a story or convey a theme with traditional circus skills.

Chumbo may have been the biggest clown in the circus, but he still rode the tiniest unicycle.

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In the days before lighting, it was the ringmaster's job to tell the audience where to look.

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The Barnes Brother's Circus was so tightly packed that we felt like we were climbing into a clown car when we filed into our seats.

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The English word circus comes from the Greek word kirkos, which means circle or ring.

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The seven Ringling brothers turned a small-time act into one of America's largest circuses.

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Gargantua was a gorilla who saved the circus by drawing big crowds.

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Fewer people went to circuses after World War II, perhaps due to a crazy new device called TV.

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Circus activities take place within a ring, and large circuses have many rings.

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Character clowns play a role like butcher or baker.

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The whiteface clown usually leads the other clowns.

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Red clowns are often the ones who get the pies in the face, accidentally sit in wet paint, or have their pants ripped off.

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Charlie Chaplin studied the art of clowning.

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Americans call a clown's act a gag while Europeans call it an entree.

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I saw a circus from China featuring a performer who spun many plates on sticks.

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Hoppy the Clown exaggerated how hard it was to ride his unicycle.

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Emmett Leo Kelly was a famous clown who created "Weary Willie," the hobo clown.

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When Irvin Feld noticed that there were only 14 clowns left in the show, and that many of them were in their 50s, he started a clown college.

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Animal trainer, Gunther Gebel-Williams, appeared on many TV shows with his tigers.

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We asked the vendor selling Coca-Cola how much they cost and his response almost made me do a backflip.

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The Ringling Bros. began retiring their elephants in 2015 in a move that pleased animal activists but upset some fans.

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Students could attend the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College for free at one time.

Now it's your turn! Write three complete sentence and use a proper noun in each.