Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 201 · 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) garden (b) Yamuna (c) teacher (d) city
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) river (c) Onam (d) kite
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diwali (b) boy (c) school (d) ball
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) kite (c) ball (d) Ira
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) boy (c) train (d) October
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) day
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) month
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) school (c) Japan (d) Lucknow
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) country (d) festival
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) city
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Rohan (b) ball (c) river (d) month
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) country (d) city
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Japan (c) March (d) river
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Pune (c) March (d) book
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Riya (c) river (d) month
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) pencil (c) train (d) Ganga
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Monday (c) boy (d) Narmada
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) boy (c) June (d) pencil
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) train (c) March (d) October
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) elephant (c) Holi (d) Eid
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Monday (c) mango (d) Narmada
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) country
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Eid (b) boy (c) school (d) teacher
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) country
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) month
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) city
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) country (d) city
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Yamuna (c) Jaipur (d) Eid
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Jaipur (c) Godavari (d) month
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) country
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) month (d) river
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) ball (c) teacher (d) Saanvi
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) country
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) month (c) Friday (d) book
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) festival (d) river
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) elephant (c) January (d) river
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Kenya (c) Ganga (d) Pune
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) month (d) day
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Kunal (c) book (d) pencil
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Ganga (c) Holi (d) teacher

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