Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 255 · 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) Nepal (b) book (c) Japan (d) Pune
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) river (c) Pooja (d) elephant
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) city
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) teacher (c) Sunday (d) Nepal
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Kenya (c) Monday (d) boy
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Japan (c) river (d) girl
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) boy (c) Kaveri (d) pencil
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) month (d) festival
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) river (c) girl (d) Jaipur
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Holi (c) October (d) Sunday
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) month
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) city
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) January (b) river (c) school (d) girl
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) day
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) day
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Nepal (c) October (d) school
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Narmada (c) teacher (d) mango
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Eid (c) river (d) Yamuna
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) girl (c) ball (d) June
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Kenya (c) elephant (d) mango
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) teacher (c) Lucknow (d) boy
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) country (d) festival
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Chennai (c) book (d) school
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) day
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) city (c) elephant (d) Delhi
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Mumbai (c) ball (d) girl
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Nisha (c) river (d) ball
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) festival (d) day
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) city
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) India (b) pencil (c) boy (d) school
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) festival (c) Diwali (d) river
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Eid (c) girl (d) Monday
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) festival (d) country
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) festival (c) Jaipur (d) Pune
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) day (d) city
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) festival (c) boy (d) Meera
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) mango (c) Onam (d) pencil
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) country
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) ball (c) month (d) Aisha
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) elephant (c) kite (d) Godavari

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