Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 146 · 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: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) day
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) festival (d) city
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Kaveri (c) Ganga (d) Kolkata
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Monday (c) kite (d) Mumbai
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) garden (c) teacher (d) Nepal
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) river
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Sunday (c) elephant (d) city
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) train (c) Mumbai (d) Chennai
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) festival (c) teacher (d) Onam
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) day
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) garden (c) Kaveri (d) Ganga
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Eid (c) Kolkata (d) river
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) school (c) Tara (d) garden
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) day (d) city
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) festival
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) month (d) day
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) train (c) pencil (d) Yash
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) pencil (c) Kenya (d) Ganga
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Kolkata (c) January (d) school
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) train (c) Yamuna (d) elephant
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) month (c) Farhan (d) ball
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) teacher (c) festival (d) Ganga
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) day (d) river
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Meera (c) train (d) school
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) month (d) day
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Onam (c) Jaipur (d) month
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) garden (c) kite (d) Nisha
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) month (c) kite (d) Jaipur
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) elephant (c) train (d) city
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Eid (c) Kolkata (d) elephant
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Kaveri (c) Chennai (d) Pune
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) city (c) train (d) Friday
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) elephant (c) school (d) Narmada
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) day
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) elephant (c) Godavari (d) river
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Mumbai (c) festival (d) March
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) day (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) India (b) mango (c) river (d) school
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Kolkata (c) girl (d) garden
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) elephant (c) book (d) Japan

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