Sometimes the HESI A2 will ask you to identify the subject noun (or noun phrase) in a sentence. When asked to find the subject, look for who or what is “doing” the action in the sentence. Seek out the ...

Oh, look! There’s some thing sleeping in the trees! Common nouns are the names of things, that’s people, places or objects, while a proper noun is the name of a particular person, place or thing.