Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 105 · 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) month (b) Diwali (c) January (d) Kenya
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) city
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kaveri (b) city (c) train (d) garden
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) country
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) book (c) Pongal (d) Lucknow
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) elephant (c) Aisha (d) kite
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) river
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Diwali (c) river (d) Chennai
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) city
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Eid (c) mango (d) festival
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) school (c) Lucknow (d) Pune
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) kite (c) March (d) Kenya
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) city
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) festival (d) Kenya
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) city (c) June (d) month
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) river
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) city (d) country
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) kite (c) elephant (d) Friday
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Onam (c) boy (d) girl
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) train (c) Pongal (d) boy
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) country
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Lucknow (b) kite (c) city (d) river
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) India (c) Diwali (d) boy
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Delhi (c) Yamuna (d) Kenya
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) day
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Monday (b) ball (c) teacher (d) train
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) India (c) ball (d) month
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) day
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) day
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) day
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) January (c) city (d) girl
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) river (c) Yamuna (d) elephant
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) river
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) festival
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) elephant (c) March (d) Narmada
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Chennai (c) mango (d) festival
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) garden (c) pencil (d) Kolkata
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) river (d) country
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) month (c) Nisha (d) kite
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Kenya (c) Friday (d) train

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