Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 259 · 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) Monday (b) Yamuna (c) Pune (d) city
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Pune (c) school (d) mango
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) month
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) festival (c) Holi (d) Pongal
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) March (c) Chennai (d) garden
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) month
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) kite (c) elephant (d) Onam
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) Myra
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) pencil (c) Pongal (d) Narmada
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) elephant (c) Sunday (d) Kaveri
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) teacher (c) kite (d) Nepal
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) river (c) Holi (d) Narmada
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) ball (c) October (d) Nepal
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) month (c) Saanvi (d) city
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) teacher (c) mango (d) Japan
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) country (d) month
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Friday (c) boy (d) elephant
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sunday (b) train (c) school (d) month
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ishaan (b) garden (c) river (d) teacher
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) day
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) boy (c) India (d) ball
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) teacher (c) ball (d) Diwali
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) October (c) Chennai (d) January
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) book (c) Manav (d) ball
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) ball (c) Narmada (d) festival
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) day
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) country
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Holi (c) Pongal (d) girl
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Holi (c) Diwali (d) Nepal
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Yamuna (c) January (d) kite
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) mango (c) Kolkata (d) book
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Yamuna (c) India (d) school
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Meera (b) boy (c) month (d) teacher
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) October (b) city (c) girl (d) mango
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) teacher (c) river (d) Kaveri
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Yamuna (c) Pune (d) Monday
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) day
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) month (d) city
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Vivaan (c) boy (d) garden
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Diwali (c) Lucknow (d) Holi

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