Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 125 · 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) Onam (b) school (c) Sunday (d) India
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) city (d) river
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) January (c) Ganga (d) Kenya
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) boy (c) Japan (d) festival
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) kite (c) June (d) Monday
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) India (c) book (d) school
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) river
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Kolkata (c) festival (d) Lucknow
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Ganga (c) Delhi (d) Nepal
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Godavari (b) girl (c) pencil (d) garden
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Jaipur (c) train (d) teacher
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) pencil (c) Kaveri (d) kite
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) train (c) teacher (d) kite
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) March (c) Jaipur (d) pencil
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) country
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Riya (c) girl (d) month
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) month (c) Ganga (d) kite
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) pencil (c) Isha (d) river
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) month (d) city
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) city (d) river
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) month (c) city (d) Ira
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Mumbai (c) boy (d) Eid
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) day (d) month
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) mango (c) pencil (d) Mumbai
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pongal (b) elephant (c) month (d) kite
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) book (c) school (d) October
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) festival (d) city
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) school (c) Ishaan (d) teacher
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Monday (c) book (d) Lucknow
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) school (c) teacher (d) elephant
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Onam (b) city (c) kite (d) pencil
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) month
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) school (c) Lucknow (d) elephant
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) country
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) teacher (c) Delhi (d) girl
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) ball (c) Yamuna (d) Lucknow
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Kunal (c) mango (d) ball
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) train (c) Japan (d) Narmada
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Rahul (c) book (d) pencil
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) month

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