Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 248 · 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.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) festival (d) country
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) girl (c) Karan (d) train
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) girl (c) kite (d) Diwali
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) month
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Godavari (c) city (d) Sunday
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Kenya (c) festival (d) girl
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Kolkata (c) Monday (d) Friday
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Mumbai (c) June (d) Nepal
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) train (c) teacher (d) Delhi
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) festival
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) festival
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) day
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Friday (c) October (d) Monday
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) kite (c) Delhi (d) India
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Kaveri (c) Kenya (d) Holi
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) day
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) river (c) ball (d) Yamuna
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) country
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) school (c) Kabir (d) festival
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) school (c) Lucknow (d) book
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) festival (d) river
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) kite (c) city (d) Jaipur
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) festival (c) Ganga (d) Diwali
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) country (d) day
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) day
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) book (c) school (d) January
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Eid (c) school (d) Godavari
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) kite (c) city (d) Eid
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) river
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) kite (c) Pune (d) mango
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Mumbai (c) teacher (d) Kolkata
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) month
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) country
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) elephant (c) girl (d) Japan
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) festival (c) India (d) river
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Kenya (c) Pune (d) pencil
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) October (c) pencil (d) city
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) city
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) book (c) Nepal (d) Holi
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) train (c) book (d) Kolkata

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