Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

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

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