Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 267 · 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) kite (b) Holi (c) Jaipur (d) Ganga
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pongal (b) boy (c) train (d) girl
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) month (c) festival (d) Sunday
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) river
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) festival (c) mango (d) Eid
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) month
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) girl (c) Aditya (d) river
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) book (c) boy (d) October
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) month (d) festival
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) city
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) festival
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) month
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) country
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Sunday (c) pencil (d) June
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) day (d) city
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) day
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) October (c) Narmada (d) Delhi
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) river (c) Ganga (d) Pongal
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) boy (c) Japan (d) pencil
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) country (d) city
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) day
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) January (c) festival (d) book
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) girl (c) garden (d) Ananya
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Nepal (c) Friday (d) month
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) March (c) Kaveri (d) Sunday
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) March (b) month (c) boy (d) elephant
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Narmada (b) garden (c) elephant (d) school
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Holi (c) mango (d) girl
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) day
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) girl (c) Vivaan (d) ball
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Chennai (c) Lucknow (d) train
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Mumbai (c) Yamuna (d) elephant
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) country (d) city
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Onam (c) river (d) kite
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) pencil (c) Pune (d) kite
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) city (d) country
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Godavari (c) garden (d) pencil
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) festival
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) country
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) city

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