Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 277 · 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) January (c) elephant (d) Kenya
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) girl (c) Sunday (d) Jaipur
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) garden (c) boy (d) Ira
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) river
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) festival (c) pencil (d) Nepal
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) month (d) festival
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) city (c) Delhi (d) elephant
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) garden (c) book (d) Aarav
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) garden (c) Kavya (d) elephant
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) book (c) Yamuna (d) Chennai
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) India (c) elephant (d) teacher
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) day
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Narmada (c) river (d) city
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Monday (c) Yamuna (d) boy
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Onam (c) festival (d) pencil
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) city (d) country
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Delhi (c) Narmada (d) kite
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Mumbai (c) festival (d) Kolkata
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Jaipur (c) garden (d) ball
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Dev (c) elephant (d) river
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) month (c) ball (d) Kenya
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Ganga (c) Yamuna (d) ball
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) elephant (c) pencil (d) Chennai
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Holi (c) teacher (d) garden
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Ganga (c) kite (d) elephant
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) country (d) festival
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) train (c) Lucknow (d) festival
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) school (c) ball (d) October
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) festival
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) month
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) river
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) festival
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) river (c) book (d) March
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) mango (c) Kaveri (d) kite
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) city (d) country
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) month
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) river (c) kite (d) Farhan
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Japan (b) city (c) garden (d) ball
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Lucknow (c) city (d) Chennai
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Pongal (c) Kaveri (d) month

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