Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 192 · 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) elephant (b) boy (c) Diwali (d) pencil
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Onam (c) India (d) kite
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) festival
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) festival
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) festival (d) day
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) day
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Nepal (c) Eid (d) garden
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Japan (c) elephant (d) ball
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) pencil (c) Kaveri (d) Pune
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Monday (c) city (d) Sunday
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Delhi (c) girl (d) mango
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) country (d) river
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Ganga (c) Monday (d) Holi
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) garden (c) Riya (d) kite
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) day
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Nisha (c) school (d) book
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) river (c) India (d) Kolkata
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) India (c) mango (d) river
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) school (c) Diwali (d) Pongal
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Nepal (c) Narmada (d) month
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) day (d) city
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) month (d) city
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Pune (c) Ganga (d) Nepal
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) train (c) Holi (d) Delhi
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Dev (c) mango (d) girl
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) country
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Eid (c) girl (d) Japan
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Monday (c) Pongal (d) festival
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) river (c) festival (d) Lucknow
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) country
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) boy (c) January (d) kite
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) river
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) Delhi (c) Kolkata (d) Pune
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) pencil (c) Neel (d) train
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) country
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) month (d) day
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) festival
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Pune (c) Kolkata (d) book
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) festival (c) Meera (d) river
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) city

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