Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

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

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