Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 170 · 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) city (b) month (c) day (d) river
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Narmada (c) Nepal (d) pencil
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) day
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) day (d) city
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) day (d) festival
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Onam (c) Kaveri (d) Nepal
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) school (c) elephant (d) Nepal
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Narmada (b) school (c) mango (d) teacher
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Pune (c) Ganga (d) Godavari
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) ball (c) March (d) Yamuna
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) June (c) Holi (d) book
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) country
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) country
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Nisha (c) teacher (d) city
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) month
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) October (c) train (d) Monday
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) country
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) garden (c) Pongal (d) Ganga
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) girl (c) river (d) Myra
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) pencil (c) Kaveri (d) mango
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Nepal (c) Chennai (d) girl
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) month
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) city
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) river
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) book (c) Japan (d) ball
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Sunday (c) book (d) mango
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) pencil (c) Friday (d) festival
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pooja (b) boy (c) book (d) river
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) month
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) month
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Kaveri (c) elephant (d) October
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Aditya (c) festival (d) elephant
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) month (c) June (d) Pune
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Lucknow (c) mango (d) January
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Karan (c) girl (d) train
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) month (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Aisha (c) pencil (d) boy
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Nepal (c) Diwali (d) boy
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) pencil (c) boy (d) Lucknow

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