Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 128 · 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) Pune (b) Holi (c) Monday (d) pencil
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) river (c) elephant (d) October
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) book (c) Holi (d) school
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) river (c) boy (d) Mumbai
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) city
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) country
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) school (c) Kaveri (d) Japan
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Godavari (c) Sunday (d) river
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) river (d) month
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) month (d) city
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) river (d) festival
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Narmada (c) Pune (d) Nepal
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) kite (d) Japan
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) river
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) mango (c) Godavari (d) elephant
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) month
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) city (c) mango (d) Monday
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) river (d) city
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) city (c) March (d) school
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Holi (c) teacher (d) Lucknow
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Jaipur (c) ball (d) Nepal
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) boy (c) city (d) Jaipur
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) June (c) girl (d) school
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) day
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) festival (c) boy (d) Ganga
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) ball (c) boy (d) Pongal
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) school (c) book (d) Zoya
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) kite (c) Ira (d) pencil
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) river
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) day
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Ganga (c) boy (d) Delhi
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) girl (c) Diwali (d) Narmada
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) train (c) boy (d) India
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) festival
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Kaveri (c) festival (d) elephant
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Lucknow (c) train (d) river
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) school (c) city (d) Ananya
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) teacher (c) book (d) Chennai
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) river (d) country
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) city (d) river

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