Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 175 · 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) garden (b) Chennai (c) festival (d) city
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kaveri (b) mango (c) festival (d) book
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Eid (c) Japan (d) Pongal
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) October (c) girl (d) Lucknow
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Friday (c) Yamuna (d) Delhi
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) festival
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Yamuna (c) India (d) elephant
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Jaipur (c) ball (d) festival
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) train (c) Eid (d) Holi
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) month (c) book (d) Ganga
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Mumbai (c) school (d) Chennai
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) month
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) festival
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) festival (d) month
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) city (c) garden (d) Holi
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) city (c) Nepal (d) Lucknow
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) month
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) month (c) Kolkata (d) river
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) train (c) Arjun (d) month
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) January (c) festival (d) boy
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) book (c) Ganga (d) Narmada
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) kite (c) book (d) Eid
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Mumbai (c) mango (d) Kaveri
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) day
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) book (c) Ananya (d) kite
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Lucknow (c) Kaveri (d) Diwali
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) kite (c) elephant (d) October
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) teacher (c) ball (d) India
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) October (c) ball (d) Chennai
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Sunday (c) book (d) river
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) river
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Yamuna (c) book (d) pencil
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) festival (c) Godavari (d) book
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) girl (c) garden (d) Mumbai
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Pune (c) river (d) Eid
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) country (d) festival
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) book (c) Diwali (d) month
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) month
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) city (d) festival
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) city (c) teacher (d) Nepal

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