Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 280 · 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) Narmada (b) Eid (c) garden (d) Diwali
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) day (d) country
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) garden (c) Farhan (d) festival
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kavya (b) garden (c) pencil (d) river
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) month
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Godavari (c) Kenya (d) mango
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Meera (c) festival (d) boy
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) river
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Pune (c) Japan (d) ball
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) October (b) pencil (c) elephant (d) festival
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Monday (c) March (d) India
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) river (c) Lucknow (d) Onam
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Chennai (c) India (d) school
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) girl (c) Pooja (d) festival
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Ganga (c) Kolkata (d) Nepal
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Eid (b) pencil (c) festival (d) mango
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) day (d) festival
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) river
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) river
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Sunday (c) boy (d) train
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) train (c) kite (d) elephant
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Sunday (c) Mumbai (d) kite
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diya (b) river (c) ball (d) festival
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Monday (c) festival (d) book
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) teacher (c) Chennai (d) month
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) festival (c) Manav (d) kite
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) ball (c) month (d) Kenya
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) river (c) elephant (d) Myra
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Kenya (c) city (d) Kaveri
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) river
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) river
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) elephant (c) train (d) Delhi
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) train (c) Nepal (d) river
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Ganga (c) mango (d) boy
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Japan (c) teacher (d) Yamuna
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) girl (c) book (d) Lucknow
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) mango (c) train (d) Pongal
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) day (d) festival
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) country

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