Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 266 · 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: June is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) river
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) day
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) book (c) kite (d) Kolkata
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) garden (c) Friday (d) boy
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Japan (c) Sunday (d) Nepal
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) teacher (c) Isha (d) girl
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) kite (c) India (d) city
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) mango (c) elephant (d) October
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) mango (c) elephant (d) Omkar
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) month (c) Diwali (d) mango
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) day
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) river
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Chennai (c) Nepal (d) October
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) day
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) city
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Sunday (c) river (d) June
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) train (c) Nepal (d) Diwali
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Yamuna (b) elephant (c) school (d) boy
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) day (d) river
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) pencil (c) Sneha (d) mango
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) country
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Holi (c) January (d) Lucknow
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) mango (c) Mumbai (d) June
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) ball (c) Delhi (d) January
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Yamuna (c) boy (d) January
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Karan (b) school (c) kite (d) boy
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kenya (b) pencil (c) kite (d) elephant
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sunday (b) girl (c) ball (d) month
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) day
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) day (d) city
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Japan (c) Lucknow (d) elephant
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Lucknow (c) Kaveri (d) book
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Holi (c) Onam (d) school
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Kolkata (c) Eid (d) Delhi
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Diwali (c) festival (d) Sunday
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) book (c) Narmada (d) month
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) city
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) month (c) Chennai (d) boy
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) city

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