Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 118 · 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) March (b) Jaipur (c) city (d) Kolkata
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Kolkata (c) Kaveri (d) Onam
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) river
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) country (d) city
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Lucknow (c) elephant (d) teacher
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) girl (c) garden (d) Kabir
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) day
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) teacher (c) Jaipur (d) garden
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) day
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) ball (c) Holi (d) boy
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) March (c) Kaveri (d) ball
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) day (d) month
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) mango (c) train (d) January
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) March (c) teacher (d) school
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Ganga (c) boy (d) Kolkata
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Eid (c) mango (d) Friday
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) river
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) river (c) Holi (d) India
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) pencil (c) girl (d) Godavari
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Pongal (c) Pune (d) Friday
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) month (c) Ganga (d) Pongal
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) boy (c) teacher (d) Meera
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Delhi (c) pencil (d) January
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) festival
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) school (c) Chennai (d) Pongal
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) river
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) country
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) country
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) river
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) garden (c) Diya (d) kite
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) month
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) country
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) festival
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Narmada (c) elephant (d) Kolkata
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) March (c) teacher (d) Chennai
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) kite (c) Pooja (d) garden
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) train (c) Nepal (d) Jaipur
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) country
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) city (d) festival
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Rahul (b) river (c) girl (d) school

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