Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 131 · 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) Kenya (b) Onam (c) city (d) Kolkata
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) India (c) garden (d) Godavari
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Narmada (c) Yamuna (d) Kenya
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) elephant (c) Narmada (d) Mumbai
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) day
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Godavari (c) Delhi (d) book
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Kaveri (c) Yamuna (d) river
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) day (d) river
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) girl (c) Ishaan (d) city
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) country (d) month
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) elephant (c) pencil (d) Yamuna
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) festival
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Nepal (c) month (d) ball
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) boy (c) Kenya (d) school
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) festival
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Nepal (c) Friday (d) Lucknow
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Mumbai (c) Diwali (d) Kolkata
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) festival
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) boy (c) Kolkata (d) school
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Chennai (c) October (d) month
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) river
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) festival
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) river
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) girl (c) Jaipur (d) boy
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Pune (c) Lucknow (d) Onam
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Vivaan (c) garden (d) month
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) city (c) Mumbai (d) pencil
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Riya (c) city (d) ball
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) month (d) city
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) mango (c) Pune (d) teacher
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) ball (c) Narmada (d) Pune
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) June (c) Eid (d) festival
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Sunday (c) pencil (d) girl
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) garden (c) pencil (d) Dev
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) festival (c) city (d) Zoya
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) boy (c) festival (d) Delhi
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) elephant (c) Monday (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Friday (c) kite (d) book
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) kite (c) month (d) June
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Aarav (c) pencil (d) festival

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