Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 139 · 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) kite (c) Diwali (d) Lucknow
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) city
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) pencil (c) Kaveri (d) book
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diya (b) pencil (c) month (d) garden
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Pooja (c) girl (d) festival
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) pencil (c) Lucknow (d) ball
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) ball (c) garden (d) month
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) country
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) festival
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Onam (c) elephant (d) kite
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) girl (c) Kenya (d) river
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Aisha (b) pencil (c) ball (d) boy
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Japan (c) Nepal (d) Pune
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) month (d) day
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) month
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) month
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Kolkata (c) ball (d) Sunday
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) city (d) day
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) festival (c) India (d) kite
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) India (c) Godavari (d) Jaipur
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) month
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) country
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) city
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Onam (c) girl (d) Friday
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Sunday (c) mango (d) Friday
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) boy (c) kite (d) Pongal
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) month
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) ball (c) boy (d) October
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) month (c) Yamuna (d) city
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) train (c) India (d) Eid
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) elephant (c) Kenya (d) Eid
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Kolkata (c) Mumbai (d) school
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) festival (c) girl (d) Nisha
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) month (c) Tara (d) river
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) festival
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) teacher (c) city (d) Ganga
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) month (c) Mumbai (d) Jaipur
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Monday (b) pencil (c) teacher (d) city
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) June (c) book (d) elephant
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) month (d) country

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