WHEN FINDING COMMON NOUNS IN A SENTENCE ?

Question

example

the farmer plowed his fields

would the common nouns be , farmer and fields or

THE farmer , and HIS fields

Answer 1

farmer and fields

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Answer 2

I am not sure what you mean by a ''common noun."  There was no such thing when I studied grammar.  However, the nouns are:

FARMER and FIELDS.

"The" is an article.  "His" is a adjective modifying fields, the noun.  The grammatical expression is:   farmer (noun), plowed (verb) fields (direct object).  The article "the" gives very little modification to "farmer," but the adjective  "his" explains whose fields were plowed.  

Answer 3

farmer, fields

Nouns are people, places and things.  Common nouns are nouns that don't need to be capitalized.  'The' is an article and "his" is an adjective.

Hope this helps!