Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 10 · 40 questions

The grammar rule (Special name, capital letter): A common noun is a general word for any person, place, animal or thing: girl, river, mango, festival. A proper noun is the special name of one person, place, river, day, month or festival: Riya, Ganga, Monday, Diwali. Proper nouns always start with a capital letter; common nouns do not (unless they begin a sentence).

1. 1.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) city (c) ball (d) Mumbai
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) boy (c) Pongal (d) Kenya
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Kaveri (c) girl (d) school
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Sunday (c) Eid (d) January
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) river (c) Kenya (d) month
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Chennai (c) book (d) Japan
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) month (c) Pongal (d) festival
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Pune (c) river (d) Pongal
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Delhi (c) kite (d) Diwali
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) March (c) Yamuna (d) ball
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Jaipur (c) school (d) India
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) girl (c) elephant (d) Aarav
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) country (d) city
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) girl (c) kite (d) January
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Kenya (c) Holi (d) pencil
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) pencil (c) train (d) Monday
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) school (c) elephant (d) Diwali
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) month
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) pencil (c) March (d) river
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Chennai (c) mango (d) Delhi
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) river (c) boy (d) India
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) city (c) boy (d) Zoya
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) country
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Holi (c) Kenya (d) Sunday
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Pune (c) India (d) city
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Kolkata (c) India (d) Lucknow
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) elephant (c) Lucknow (d) Onam
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) country (d) festival
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) day
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) month (c) festival (d) boy
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) boy (c) kite (d) Eid
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sunday (b) kite (c) festival (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) festival (c) Friday (d) city
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) river
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) kite (c) Lucknow (d) train
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Pune (c) girl (d) Kenya
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) country (d) festival
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Farhan (b) train (c) city (d) ball
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) day
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) school (c) mango (d) Onam

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