Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 279 · 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) Pune (b) Sunday (c) India (d) kite
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) elephant (c) India (d) city
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) river
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) river
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Diwali (c) ball (d) train
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Eid (c) Yamuna (d) Japan
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) festival
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) festival
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) city (c) Japan (d) Nepal
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Narmada (c) Pongal (d) festival
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Myra (b) garden (c) school (d) teacher
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Narmada (c) train (d) Jaipur
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) day (d) festival
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) river
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) festival
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) country (d) festival
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) school (c) river (d) Jaipur
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) ball (c) pencil (d) Monday
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) October (c) Jaipur (d) teacher
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) month (d) festival
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) mango (c) teacher (d) Onam
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) book (c) Chennai (d) teacher
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) ball (c) Kolkata (d) October
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) June (b) city (c) book (d) month
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) country
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) mango (c) Japan (d) India
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) school (c) Yash (d) city
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) elephant (c) Vivaan (d) train
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) pencil (c) Eid (d) elephant
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) river
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) ball (c) month (d) festival
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) girl (c) Kenya (d) mango
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) country (d) festival
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) boy (c) Lucknow (d) teacher
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) kite (c) Japan (d) ball
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) elephant (c) school (d) Kaveri
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Yamuna (c) river (d) train
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) river (c) January (d) Sunday
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Mumbai (c) boy (d) Chennai
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nepal (b) elephant (c) ball (d) boy

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