Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 283 · 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) garden (c) Lucknow (d) October
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) girl (c) mango (d) Lucknow
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) boy (c) Ganga (d) Jaipur
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Japan (c) girl (d) Mumbai
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) pencil (c) Aditya (d) book
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Monday (b) elephant (c) ball (d) festival
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) train (c) mango (d) Delhi
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Diwali (c) Pune (d) Ganga
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) day (d) festival
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Eid (c) train (d) mango
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) book (c) Kenya (d) train
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) day (d) month
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) day (d) month
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) day
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) country
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Lucknow (c) ball (d) Jaipur
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) June (b) kite (c) train (d) book
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Pongal (c) Diwali (d) pencil
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) festival (d) day
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) month (d) city
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) ball (c) girl (d) March
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) day (d) country
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Kaveri (c) June (d) festival
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) day
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Mumbai (c) elephant (d) October
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) October (c) Pune (d) river
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Eid (c) month (d) Ganga
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) city (c) Mumbai (d) Nepal
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) city
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) month (c) Karan (d) kite
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nepal (b) elephant (c) kite (d) teacher
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) girl (c) October (d) book
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) garden (c) Pooja (d) month
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) month
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Narmada (b) elephant (c) river (d) kite
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Onam (b) pencil (c) train (d) book
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) festival
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) river
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) festival

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