Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 189 · 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) Mumbai (b) ball (c) boy (d) train
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Holi (b) ball (c) elephant (d) festival
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) book (c) mango (d) elephant
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) city
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) city (c) festival (d) school
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Kaveri (c) India (d) garden
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) river
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) elephant (c) Nepal (d) Ganga
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) kite (c) mango (d) Chennai
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pooja (b) girl (c) month (d) garden
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) river (c) month (d) Nepal
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) month
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) festival
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) kite (c) month (d) Rohan
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) day
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Eid (c) boy (d) book
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Aarav (c) river (d) month
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Jaipur (c) Friday (d) Delhi
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Japan (c) Lucknow (d) city
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) festival (d) city
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) country
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) India (c) Kaveri (d) Ganga
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) festival (c) Monday (d) Yamuna
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) river
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Narmada (c) river (d) garden
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) city
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) city
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Diwali (c) pencil (d) June
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) month
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) ball (c) Mumbai (d) Yamuna
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Ganga (c) Pongal (d) train
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) river (d) festival
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Meera (b) teacher (c) month (d) pencil
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) river (d) country
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) month (c) girl (d) Jaipur
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) Kolkata (c) Narmada (d) Delhi
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Myra (c) teacher (d) train
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Diwali (c) river (d) mango
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) month (c) mango (d) Pongal
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) school (c) Ishaan (d) book

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