Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 213 · 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) train (b) river (c) elephant (d) Kaveri
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) month
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) river
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) festival (c) Japan (d) teacher
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sunday (b) elephant (c) boy (d) month
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Priya (b) elephant (c) city (d) garden
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) March (b) festival (c) river (d) month
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Yamuna (c) river (d) Pune
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) teacher (c) Nisha (d) ball
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) month
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) month
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) month
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Kaveri (c) elephant (d) Japan
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) festival
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) book (c) June (d) teacher
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Chennai (b) school (c) festival (d) teacher
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Ira (c) train (d) city
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Monday (c) kite (d) teacher
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Ganga (c) January (d) Chennai
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) June (c) Chennai (d) Kenya
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Jaipur (b) festival (c) garden (d) mango
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) city
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Delhi (c) festival (d) pencil
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) day
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) boy (c) festival (d) Yamuna
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) day (d) month
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) train (c) city (d) Ananya
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Eid (b) elephant (c) girl (d) book
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Pune (c) Godavari (d) Pongal
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) elephant (c) January (d) month
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) March (c) city (d) Narmada
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) girl (c) Friday (d) month
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Pongal (c) June (d) kite
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) day (d) river
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) country
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Kavya (c) city (d) ball
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) festival (d) day
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) school (c) mango (d) Neel
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) country (d) city
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) January (c) Godavari (d) garden

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