Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 254 · 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) Delhi (b) Ganga (c) Yamuna (d) train
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) March (c) girl (d) Diwali
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) kite (c) ball (d) Yamuna
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) pencil (c) book (d) Ganga
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) mango (c) Kavya (d) garden
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) city (d) day
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) elephant (c) train (d) Nepal
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) day
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) book (c) Jaipur (d) pencil
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Lucknow (c) Sunday (d) October
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) month
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Delhi (c) Jaipur (d) Kenya
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Chennai (c) garden (d) river
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) boy (c) river (d) March
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) kite (c) Holi (d) January
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) month
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Kenya (c) Jaipur (d) garden
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Rohan (c) festival (d) book
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) day
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) school (c) Diwali (d) Kenya
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) river
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) city (d) country
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) river (c) month (d) Mumbai
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) festival (c) Arjun (d) pencil
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) day (d) festival
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) city
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) elephant (c) Kenya (d) boy
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) city
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Yamuna (c) river (d) Jaipur
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Onam (c) June (d) pencil
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) city
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) kite (c) pencil (d) June
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Pongal (c) school (d) garden
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) boy (c) Delhi (d) Ganga
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) teacher (c) kite (d) Vivaan
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) India (c) month (d) kite
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) month
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) city (c) Yamuna (d) Mumbai
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Delhi (c) school (d) ball
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Ananya (c) teacher (d) month

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