Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 250 · 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: Friday is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) day (d) city
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) kite (c) Meera (d) elephant
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) school (c) Pongal (d) Godavari
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) month
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) river
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) garden (c) river (d) mango
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) festival (d) city
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) garden (c) Holi (d) kite
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) kite (c) Delhi (d) boy
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Ganga (c) Pune (d) city
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) month (c) garden (d) Monday
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Aisha (c) kite (d) boy
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) festival (c) mango (d) Nepal
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) garden (c) Kenya (d) Yamuna
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Ganga (c) festival (d) Delhi
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) month
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Rahul (c) boy (d) kite
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) India (c) Monday (d) Pune
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Delhi (c) river (d) June
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) boy (c) Chennai (d) June
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) city
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) pencil (c) Friday (d) elephant
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) October (c) Kolkata (d) mango
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) girl (c) kite (d) India
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Lucknow (c) girl (d) Nepal
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) March (c) Monday (d) Sunday
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) ball (c) Monday (d) June
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Manav (c) school (d) garden
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) book (c) train (d) Ganga
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) river
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) month (d) city
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Nepal (c) Yamuna (d) month
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) month (c) school (d) Pune
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) girl (c) Kaveri (d) pencil
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) festival (c) Pongal (d) pencil
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) river
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Pune (c) Pongal (d) train
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Chennai (b) elephant (c) city (d) pencil
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Yamuna (b) boy (c) garden (d) book

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