Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 231 · 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 common noun? (a) Eid (b) Ganga (c) kite (d) Kolkata
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Narmada (c) ball (d) Nepal
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) river (d) country
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) day
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Delhi (b) pencil (c) river (d) train
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) elephant (c) Monday (d) boy
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Kolkata (c) school (d) Monday
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) day
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) girl (c) Pooja (d) ball
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) river
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) month
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) country
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) girl (c) river (d) Pune
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) day (d) festival
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) day (d) month
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) day
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) festival (d) city
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) teacher (c) Nepal (d) festival
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Nepal (c) festival (d) Jaipur
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Ganga (c) river (d) Mumbai
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) month
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Holi (c) Pune (d) boy
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) festival
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) kite (c) girl (d) city
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) book (c) Godavari (d) girl
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) month
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) country
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) pencil (c) March (d) Jaipur
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Diwali (c) elephant (d) mango
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Narmada (b) train (c) school (d) kite
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) October (c) January (d) teacher
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) mango (c) train (d) Neel
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Lucknow (c) Ganga (d) mango
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Arjun (b) festival (c) ball (d) month
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) festival (d) day
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Mumbai (c) Eid (d) Yamuna
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Ganga (c) Delhi (d) month
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ananya (b) girl (c) festival (d) train
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Holi (c) January (d) Kolkata
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) October (b) school (c) train (d) month

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