Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 198 · 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) river (c) book (d) Kabir
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) March (c) book (d) India
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) month
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) month
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) teacher (c) mango (d) Godavari
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) river
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) river
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Holi (c) Chennai (d) October
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) teacher (c) boy (d) garden
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) ball (c) Dev (d) girl
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) country (d) city
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Godavari (c) Nepal (d) Yamuna
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) January (c) Narmada (d) school
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) mango (c) Kolkata (d) Ganga
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) city
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) river
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) country (d) city
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) October (c) Yamuna (d) Mumbai
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) month (c) school (d) October
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Holi (c) Lucknow (d) ball
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) city
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) country (d) festival
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) teacher (c) Riya (d) river
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) mango (c) Onam (d) city
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) day
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Tara (b) elephant (c) train (d) river
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Friday (b) festival (c) boy (d) garden
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) river
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) day (d) country
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) pencil (c) Kenya (d) ball
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) June (c) elephant (d) teacher
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Yamuna (c) garden (d) Chennai
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nisha (b) girl (c) mango (d) city
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) ball (c) mango (d) Ganga
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) teacher (c) mango (d) India
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) train (c) Lucknow (d) elephant
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) festival (d) city
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) month (d) river
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) boy (c) Aditya (d) garden
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) city (c) Friday (d) Jaipur

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