Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 238 · 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) June (b) Eid (c) train (d) Diwali
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Ganga (c) Lucknow (d) school
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) girl (c) pencil (d) Aditya
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) river (c) Delhi (d) Godavari
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Lucknow (c) girl (d) Mumbai
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) festival (c) March (d) ball
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) garden (c) ball (d) Mumbai
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) day (d) river
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) festival
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) pencil (c) train (d) Diwali
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) city (d) river
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) pencil (c) Lucknow (d) boy
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) day
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Japan (c) festival (d) Jaipur
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) day (d) city
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) ball (c) Ananya (d) city
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Onam (c) kite (d) festival
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) day (d) city
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Pongal (c) Ganga (d) city
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Nepal (c) pencil (d) teacher
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) ball (c) India (d) girl
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) school (c) month (d) Yamuna
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) festival (d) month
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) city (c) school (d) Yash
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) girl (c) festival (d) Sunday
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) kite (c) Eid (d) festival
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) day
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) city (d) river
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Narmada (c) month (d) city
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) day
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) train (c) Kaveri (d) pencil
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) city (d) country
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Mumbai (c) Chennai (d) garden
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) city (d) country
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) city
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) festival
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Nepal (c) elephant (d) Pongal
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) teacher (c) river (d) Godavari

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