Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 228 · 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) boy (c) book (d) Kolkata
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) city
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Kolkata (c) Nepal (d) Pongal
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Pongal (c) October (d) pencil
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Eid (c) garden (d) Yamuna
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) festival
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Holi (c) Monday (d) ball
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Kenya (c) city (d) Pune
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Kaveri (c) Jaipur (d) boy
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) river (d) day
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) mango (c) ball (d) Sunday
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Kolkata (c) teacher (d) Jaipur
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) festival
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) river
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) kite (c) book (d) India
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Ganga (c) January (d) Godavari
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) month
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) January (c) month (d) Pune
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Friday (c) girl (d) Narmada
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) city
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Saanvi (c) boy (d) ball
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) day
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) festival
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) city (c) Farhan (d) teacher
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) mango (c) Diya (d) girl
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) kite (c) elephant (d) Kaveri
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Ganga (c) Onam (d) school
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) city
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) teacher (c) January (d) city
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) river
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) October (b) book (c) mango (d) ball
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) country (d) city
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) day (d) city
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Eid (b) train (c) pencil (d) teacher
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) festival
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) city (c) kite (d) Friday
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) October (c) Friday (d) Chennai
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) mango (c) Chennai (d) January
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) festival (c) Chennai (d) October
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) pencil (c) Arjun (d) garden

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