Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 134 · 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) Diwali (b) Narmada (c) Japan (d) girl
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) festival
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) country (d) day
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) train (c) Pune (d) kite
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) kite (c) festival (d) Neel
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) festival
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Eid (c) train (d) Jaipur
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) festival (d) country
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) mango (c) October (d) garden
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) river
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kenya (b) teacher (c) month (d) boy
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Myra (c) boy (d) teacher
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Delhi (b) ball (c) garden (d) mango
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) festival
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) elephant (c) festival (d) Godavari
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Monday (c) river (d) mango
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) city
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) day
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kabir (b) pencil (c) girl (d) city
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) mango (c) Onam (d) river
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Delhi (c) Mumbai (d) book
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) month (d) country
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) city (d) festival
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) city (c) Eid (d) boy
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) girl (c) June (d) city
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Monday (c) Pongal (d) city
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) country
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) month (d) festival
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) ball (c) school (d) Zoya
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) day
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Pune (c) Nepal (d) pencil
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) garden (c) Lucknow (d) mango
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Sunday (c) teacher (d) elephant
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Kaveri (c) city (d) elephant
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) month
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) month
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) mango (c) Ganga (d) June
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Japan (c) Lucknow (d) ball
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Japan (b) elephant (c) boy (d) teacher

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