Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 278 · 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) garden (b) Friday (c) Sunday (d) Chennai
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) month (d) day
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) garden (c) India (d) month
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Kolkata (c) boy (d) school
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) ball (c) October (d) Delhi
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Rahul (c) festival (d) teacher
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Arjun (c) train (d) teacher
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) mango (c) Delhi (d) Nepal
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Holi (c) Nepal (d) city
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Godavari (b) school (c) garden (d) teacher
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) festival
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) festival
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) festival
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Manav (b) school (c) garden (d) elephant
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) boy (c) Eid (d) Pongal
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) June (c) Lucknow (d) month
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) country (d) city
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) festival
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) city
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) pencil (c) Diwali (d) city
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) country
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) day (d) festival
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Nepal (c) Diwali (d) Kolkata
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Rohan (c) mango (d) ball
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) country (d) city
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) garden (c) Japan (d) month
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) festival (d) city
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) city (d) month
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) March (c) kite (d) Ganga
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) city (c) girl (d) Pune
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Kaveri (c) festival (d) Monday
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) city (c) Kaveri (d) elephant
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Nepal (c) teacher (d) Jaipur
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Chennai (c) Kaveri (d) girl
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) day
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Delhi (c) train (d) festival
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) boy (c) Monday (d) festival
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) city (c) river (d) mango
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) river (c) Sunday (d) mango
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) pencil (c) Godavari (d) Chennai

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