Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 133 · 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) Sunday (b) India (c) Mumbai (d) train
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Diwali (c) mango (d) Holi
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) city (c) Tara (d) boy
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) ball (c) Holi (d) teacher
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) mango (c) month (d) Kavya
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) city (c) Ganga (d) teacher
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) river
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) month
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) ball (c) Sunday (d) boy
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) river
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) festival
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) festival
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) month
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Kaveri (c) Chennai (d) June
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) country (d) festival
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Aarav (c) boy (d) festival
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) ball (c) Ganga (d) Pune
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) kite (c) Jaipur (d) Kaveri
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) March (c) Mumbai (d) school
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) festival (c) garden (d) Kunal
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) train (c) boy (d) Kolkata
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Saanvi (b) train (c) boy (d) river
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) garden (c) month (d) Lucknow
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Jaipur (c) Delhi (d) teacher
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) city (c) Chennai (d) Ganga
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Friday (c) Lucknow (d) Holi
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) girl (c) Godavari (d) book
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) month
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Lucknow (c) Sunday (d) January
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) book (c) January (d) festival
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) mango (c) ball (d) Ishaan
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) festival
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) India (c) festival (d) city
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) teacher (c) Isha (d) girl
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) day
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) river
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) country
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) mango (c) Ira (d) pencil
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Pongal (c) elephant (d) Kolkata
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Monday (c) girl (d) ball

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