Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 141 · 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) Chennai (b) Jaipur (c) river (d) Nepal
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Godavari (c) kite (d) Friday
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) June (b) ball (c) month (d) boy
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) June (c) festival (d) Monday
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) city (c) school (d) Lucknow
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) book (c) school (d) Pongal
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) teacher (c) school (d) Onam
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Kenya (c) Lucknow (d) Yamuna
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Kaveri (c) boy (d) river
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) month
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Diwali (c) Kenya (d) June
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) country
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) month (d) river
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Mumbai (c) elephant (d) March
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) city
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Monday (c) pencil (d) Jaipur
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kavya (b) book (c) month (d) girl
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diwali (b) girl (c) train (d) festival
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diya (b) school (c) mango (d) train
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) pencil (c) mango (d) Eid
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) month (d) river
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) month (c) Friday (d) river
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) country (d) city
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) school (c) Aarav (d) ball
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) month (c) India (d) elephant
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) festival (d) river
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) day
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) day
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) elephant (c) month (d) Ishaan
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) March (c) Friday (d) Mumbai
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) book (c) Rohan (d) festival
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) garden (c) Isha (d) festival
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) month (d) festival
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) month
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) festival
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) teacher (c) mango (d) Yamuna
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Onam (c) Kenya (d) month
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Jaipur (c) mango (d) river
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) book (c) Chennai (d) kite
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Japan (b) school (c) ball (d) elephant

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