Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 168 · 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 proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) month (c) boy (d) Omkar
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Jaipur (c) book (d) school
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) month (d) river
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) pencil (c) Aarav (d) city
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Kaveri (c) Godavari (d) Japan
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) India (c) Friday (d) Godavari
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) month (d) river
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) month
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Friday (c) pencil (d) festival
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Chennai (c) mango (d) Pune
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Pune (c) month (d) girl
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Yamuna (c) January (d) girl
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Kolkata (c) Lucknow (d) river
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) day
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Chennai (c) pencil (d) Diwali
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) kite (c) Chennai (d) Nepal
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Holi (b) school (c) boy (d) garden
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Sunday (c) Kolkata (d) teacher
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) festival (c) ball (d) Nisha
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Chennai (b) garden (c) elephant (d) month
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) country
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) October (c) Delhi (d) Diwali
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) book (c) pencil (d) Ishaan
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Narmada (b) kite (c) girl (d) book
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) elephant (c) Chennai (d) Monday
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) month (c) Saanvi (d) school
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) river (d) month
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Godavari (c) river (d) train
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) June (c) garden (d) Yamuna
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) city
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) river
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) river
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) month
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) school (c) garden (d) March
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) river
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) city (c) train (d) book
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) book (c) pencil (d) Myra
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Delhi (c) March (d) Sunday
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) elephant (c) Kaveri (d) train
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) boy (c) Jaipur (d) Kolkata

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