Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 221 · 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) pencil (b) Kunal (c) train (d) book
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) girl (c) Diwali (d) river
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) day
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) March (c) Japan (d) city
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Ganga (c) Mumbai (d) festival
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Isha (b) pencil (c) ball (d) mango
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) boy (c) Pooja (d) mango
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pongal (b) garden (c) teacher (d) ball
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) festival (d) country
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) mango (c) river (d) Lucknow
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) boy (c) train (d) Friday
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) girl (c) Saanvi (d) month
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) girl (c) kite (d) Karan
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) festival
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) elephant (c) month (d) Narmada
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) festival
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) river (d) country
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Rohan (b) boy (c) festival (d) mango
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Nepal (c) boy (d) pencil
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) school (c) Kaveri (d) Jaipur
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) city (c) river (d) Chennai
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) school (c) boy (d) January
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Narmada (c) Kolkata (d) Jaipur
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) day (d) city
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) June (c) Sunday (d) mango
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) month (c) elephant (d) Japan
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) country
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) river (c) teacher (d) Ganga
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Holi (c) Sunday (d) kite
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) month (d) river
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Jaipur (c) Delhi (d) ball
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) month
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Sunday (c) Friday (d) January
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Yamuna (c) teacher (d) river
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) elephant (c) Ganga (d) October
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) month
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) train (c) garden (d) Pune
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) train (c) Kolkata (d) Friday
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) boy (c) Aditya (d) ball
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Kolkata (c) pencil (d) festival

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