Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 119 · 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) Narmada (b) Chennai (c) festival (d) Lucknow
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) festival (d) month
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) elephant (c) Eid (d) month
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) country (d) festival
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Pooja (c) garden (d) elephant
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) pencil (c) Diwali (d) mango
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Arjun (b) city (c) teacher (d) elephant
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) city
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Monday (c) book (d) Sunday
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) month (d) city
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) girl (c) teacher (d) Onam
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) school (c) boy (d) teacher
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) festival
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) city
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Mumbai (c) city (d) June
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) month
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Mumbai (c) ball (d) Kenya
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) elephant (c) Onam (d) Mumbai
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Onam (c) kite (d) June
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) country
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) day
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Friday (c) river (d) school
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Japan (c) Friday (d) Diwali
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Nepal (c) book (d) school
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) river
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) country
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Ganga (c) Eid (d) month
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) country
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) city (c) Zoya (d) ball
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Manav (b) river (c) elephant (d) city
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) school (c) river (d) Chennai
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) day
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Pune (c) festival (d) mango
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) festival
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) June (b) boy (c) festival (d) pencil
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) October (c) teacher (d) girl
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) girl (c) pencil (d) Japan
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) festival (c) Karan (d) school
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Nepal (c) garden (d) Godavari
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Onam (c) Kolkata (d) mango

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