Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 113 · 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) Kolkata (b) pencil (c) Pongal (d) Chennai
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) garden (c) Japan (d) city
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) festival (c) boy (d) January
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) March (c) school (d) book
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Monday (c) Pongal (d) Delhi
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) day
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Onam (c) boy (d) Chennai
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) festival (d) river
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Nepal (c) Mumbai (d) kite
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Chennai (c) kite (d) month
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Friday (b) festival (c) city (d) pencil
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) city (c) train (d) Delhi
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) kite (c) ball (d) Diwali
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Nepal (c) teacher (d) Pongal
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Mumbai (c) Kolkata (d) city
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) month
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Kolkata (c) January (d) Lucknow
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) river
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) river
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kaveri (b) school (c) kite (d) month
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) kite (c) month (d) Pune
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) month
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) month
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Chennai (c) India (d) school
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Delhi (c) Nepal (d) train
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Kaveri (c) Jaipur (d) Pongal
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) elephant (c) train (d) Tara
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) country
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) garden (c) Lucknow (d) festival
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Aarav (b) festival (c) pencil (d) elephant
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Kaveri (c) October (d) Friday
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) kite (c) garden (d) October
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Mumbai (c) Narmada (d) Delhi
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) river (d) city
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) country
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Dev (b) ball (c) book (d) festival
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Nepal (c) elephant (d) teacher
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) day (d) river
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) day
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) river (d) festival

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