Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 106 · 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) Mumbai (b) city (c) Japan (d) Yamuna
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) day
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Godavari (c) month (d) Friday
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) river (c) March (d) garden
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) boy (c) Sunday (d) Onam
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) ball (c) pencil (d) Karan
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Holi (b) elephant (c) city (d) train
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) river
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) festival
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) country
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pongal (b) month (c) elephant (d) book
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Rahul (c) teacher (d) mango
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) book (c) Kolkata (d) mango
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Friday (b) girl (c) train (d) teacher
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) girl (c) Nepal (d) city
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) garden (c) Lucknow (d) October
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) month (d) river
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Diwali (c) ball (d) month
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) month (d) river
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) girl (c) boy (d) Onam
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Pune (c) Jaipur (d) Ganga
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) March (c) India (d) Chennai
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) festival (d) river
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) country (d) city
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Holi (c) Diwali (d) Kaveri
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) book (c) Nisha (d) elephant
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) month
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Delhi (b) boy (c) river (d) school
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) festival
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) month
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) teacher (c) elephant (d) Mumbai
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) ball (c) Japan (d) boy
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Monday (b) pencil (c) festival (d) elephant
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) city (d) festival
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Kolkata (c) mango (d) Ganga
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) garden (c) elephant (d) Yamuna
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) festival
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Ganga (c) Pongal (d) school
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sunday (b) month (c) kite (d) book

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