Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 265 · 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: Monday is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) day (d) festival
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Jaipur (c) Japan (d) city
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) river
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) festival
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) pencil (c) Holi (d) Pune
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) pencil (c) kite (d) Jaipur
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) month
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) teacher (c) India (d) Onam
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) country
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) kite (c) girl (d) boy
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Arjun (b) mango (c) garden (d) festival
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Pongal (c) October (d) Japan
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Kolkata (c) river (d) festival
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Neel (b) mango (c) elephant (d) teacher
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Eid (c) school (d) Mumbai
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) river (c) Chennai (d) Pongal
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Ganga (c) garden (d) Eid
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Zoya (c) city (d) river
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) city (c) Vivaan (d) girl
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) ball (c) Sunday (d) Ganga
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) river (c) book (d) Tara
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) October (c) January (d) month
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) river
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) city (c) train (d) Friday
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Pune (c) kite (d) train
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Eid (c) Sunday (d) elephant
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) city (c) October (d) girl
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Priya (b) river (c) garden (d) festival
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Godavari (b) elephant (c) teacher (d) ball
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) country
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Aditya (c) month (d) girl
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) festival (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Ganga (c) Kolkata (d) Lucknow
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) city
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) city (d) country
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) day (d) festival
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) book (c) Diwali (d) October
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Delhi (c) Sunday (d) train
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) day
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) city

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