Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 195 · 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) kite (b) school (c) elephant (d) Kabir
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) country
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Chennai (c) October (d) ball
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) river
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Narmada (c) Kaveri (d) Yamuna
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Pongal (c) Holi (d) festival
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) day
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Jaipur (c) Diwali (d) river
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Sunday (c) Onam (d) Kenya
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) city (d) festival
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) girl (c) festival (d) Friday
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) month (d) festival
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) city
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) garden (c) Pongal (d) Diwali
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) festival
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) Delhi (c) Monday (d) Friday
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) March (c) Chennai (d) city
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) festival (c) ball (d) Kunal
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) city
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) day (d) festival
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) festival (c) river (d) Ganga
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Ganga (c) Pongal (d) girl
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) October (c) Delhi (d) Mumbai
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) city
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) day
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) mango (c) June (d) Nepal
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) ball (c) teacher (d) Aisha
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) train (c) Onam (d) kite
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Manav (b) garden (c) river (d) book
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) kite (c) Eid (d) book
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nepal (b) book (c) ball (d) teacher
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) teacher (c) boy (d) Yamuna
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Kolkata (c) boy (d) pencil
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Rohan (c) train (d) month
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) girl (c) March (d) boy
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) elephant (c) garden (d) Rahul
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) train (c) Myra (d) river
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diwali (b) month (c) kite (d) teacher

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