Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 174 · 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) Mumbai (b) school (c) October (d) Yamuna
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) month (c) Ira (d) boy
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Pune (c) boy (d) Godavari
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Pune (c) Onam (d) kite
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diwali (b) month (c) girl (d) boy
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) month
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) city
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) October (c) Jaipur (d) Chennai
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) city (d) festival
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) teacher (c) Kaveri (d) Kolkata
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) month (c) Monday (d) train
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) day (d) river
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Lucknow (b) pencil (c) city (d) teacher
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Jaipur (c) Kolkata (d) month
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) boy (c) school (d) Aditya
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Chennai (c) train (d) book
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) train (c) pencil (d) Onam
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) festival
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Mumbai (c) Holi (d) river
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Pune (c) Mumbai (d) elephant
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) pencil (c) March (d) kite
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) festival
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) boy (c) month (d) Dev
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Friday (c) June (d) March
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Aarav (c) school (d) mango
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Kolkata (c) kite (d) girl
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) day (d) river
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) mango (c) Vivaan (d) river
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) book (c) October (d) Eid
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) book (c) festival (d) June
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) month
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) city (d) country
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Yamuna (c) festival (d) Delhi
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Diwali (c) Nepal (d) Pongal
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) river
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) country
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) country
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) kite (c) pencil (d) Sunday
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kabir (b) boy (c) river (d) girl
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) river (c) Eid (d) ball

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