Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

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

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