Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 101 · 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 common noun? (a) Ganga (b) city (c) Kaveri (d) Kolkata
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) school (c) Nepal (d) Friday
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Delhi (b) mango (c) pencil (d) month
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) river (c) book (d) Mumbai
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) festival
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) month
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) January (c) book (d) teacher
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) January (c) Kaveri (d) Delhi
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Mumbai (c) India (d) teacher
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) girl (c) mango (d) Arjun
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) garden (c) month (d) Kavya
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) ball (c) Pongal (d) Ganga
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) boy (c) river (d) Jaipur
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) month
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) mango (c) Pongal (d) Ganga
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) garden (c) Chennai (d) boy
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) girl (c) Onam (d) mango
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Narmada (c) Kenya (d) river
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) month (c) Narmada (d) June
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) day
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) festival (c) Kolkata (d) school
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Godavari (c) festival (d) month
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) book (c) Pooja (d) city
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Holi (b) girl (c) train (d) boy
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Sunday (c) Kaveri (d) kite
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Diwali (c) boy (d) city
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Lucknow (c) book (d) Jaipur
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) river
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) mango (c) river (d) Lucknow
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) river
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) book (c) boy (d) India
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) month
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) river
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) day
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Meera (b) month (c) garden (d) book
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) month
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) mango (c) elephant (d) Rahul
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) kite (c) garden (d) Rohan
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) city (c) Myra (d) train
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) ball (c) festival (d) Ishaan

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