Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 202 · 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.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) day (d) month
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) month
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) India (c) school (d) Ganga
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) mango (c) Neel (d) month
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) ball (c) Friday (d) city
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) teacher (c) kite (d) Lucknow
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ganga (b) mango (c) pencil (d) teacher
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) country
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Jaipur (c) Nepal (d) river
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Rohan (c) girl (d) boy
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) city
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Pongal (c) train (d) city
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) festival (d) city
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Narmada (b) boy (c) river (d) month
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Delhi (c) Yamuna (d) Ganga
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) book (c) garden (d) January
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) month
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) country (d) city
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) elephant (c) mango (d) March
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diya (b) river (c) boy (d) girl
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) elephant (c) Mumbai (d) ball
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) river
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) India (c) festival (d) train
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) book (c) Kenya (d) Pune
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) October (c) elephant (d) Japan
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Japan (c) Chennai (d) Godavari
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Friday (c) kite (d) Jaipur
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) city (c) Kolkata (d) India
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) January (c) Kolkata (d) garden
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) country
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) pencil (c) Kolkata (d) boy
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) city (c) train (d) Meera
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) book (c) teacher (d) Dev
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) river
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) ball (c) Japan (d) Holi
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) country
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Godavari (c) festival (d) Onam
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Eid (c) city (d) kite
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Pune (c) kite (d) elephant

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