Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 276 · 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) Chennai (b) Kenya (c) book (d) Yamuna
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) kite (c) Yamuna (d) Monday
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) teacher (c) Kolkata (d) Japan
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Jaipur (c) Friday (d) Pune
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Kenya (c) Narmada (d) city
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Delhi (b) book (c) festival (d) mango
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) city
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) pencil (c) Vivaan (d) river
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) girl (c) pencil (d) Narmada
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Yamuna (c) river (d) school
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) country (d) city
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) river
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) day
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) pencil (c) ball (d) Pune
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Rohan (b) festival (c) pencil (d) book
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Delhi (c) month (d) Onam
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) city
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Zoya (b) boy (c) month (d) elephant
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) teacher (c) Riya (d) girl
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Holi (c) Monday (d) girl
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) country
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) pencil (c) Godavari (d) train
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Chennai (c) boy (d) train
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) teacher (c) month (d) Diya
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) festival
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) river
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) ball (c) Japan (d) mango
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) month
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) festival (c) Ganga (d) elephant
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) elephant (c) school (d) Sunday
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Yamuna (c) Delhi (d) Godavari
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) day (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Mumbai (c) March (d) Narmada
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) October (b) girl (c) ball (d) river
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Godavari (c) school (d) Narmada
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) school (c) boy (d) garden
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Eid (b) river (c) pencil (d) festival
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Monday (c) pencil (d) Pune
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) India (b) month (c) boy (d) train
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) festival

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