Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 147 · 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) India (b) girl (c) Kaveri (d) October
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) elephant (c) Jaipur (d) Narmada
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) boy (c) Pune (d) kite
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Nisha (c) boy (d) pencil
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Lucknow (c) Narmada (d) June
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Yamuna (c) month (d) Pune
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) kite (c) Aditya (d) pencil
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) month
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Friday (c) garden (d) train
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Diwali (c) Yamuna (d) India
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) ball (c) girl (d) Tara
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) month (c) mango (d) Ishaan
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Dev (c) kite (d) school
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Holi (c) Diwali (d) city
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) garden (c) elephant (d) Meera
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) girl (c) mango (d) Godavari
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) mango (c) Isha (d) ball
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) country
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) garden (c) Delhi (d) teacher
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Narmada (c) school (d) Mumbai
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Holi (c) train (d) Delhi
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Yamuna (b) boy (c) school (d) city
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) river
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) country
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) river
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) country (d) festival
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Riya (b) pencil (c) kite (d) garden
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) country
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) January (c) pencil (d) ball
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) city
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) river (d) country
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) book (c) Monday (d) Chennai
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) festival (c) girl (d) Narmada
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) garden (c) Rohan (d) teacher
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Sunday (c) Ganga (d) garden
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) teacher (c) Pune (d) Sunday
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) festival
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Japan (c) January (d) mango
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Yash (b) city (c) book (d) ball
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Eid (b) boy (c) girl (d) city

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