Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 284 · 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) Ganga (b) October (c) river (d) Kolkata
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) river (c) train (d) Manav
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) festival (d) city
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Chennai (c) Jaipur (d) June
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) day
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) month
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) day
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Omkar (c) city (d) school
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Riya (c) kite (d) garden
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) river (d) festival
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) pencil (c) river (d) Diya
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) June (c) Friday (d) Pune
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) March (c) ball (d) Pune
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) boy (c) Pongal (d) school
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) river (c) elephant (d) book
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) pencil (c) India (d) girl
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Nepal (c) June (d) mango
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) city
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) day
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) teacher (c) kite (d) Kenya
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Delhi (c) Monday (d) Ganga
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Godavari (c) boy (d) ball
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) train (c) Kabir (d) girl
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) river
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Friday (c) boy (d) train
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Jaipur (c) garden (d) Friday
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) festival
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Narmada (c) girl (d) March
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) festival (d) month
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) book (c) Sunday (d) elephant
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) day (d) month
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Kolkata (c) river (d) ball
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) river
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Meera (c) pencil (d) mango
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Onam (c) kite (d) Lucknow
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) October (c) Friday (d) teacher
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) pencil (c) river (d) Farhan
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ganga (b) pencil (c) mango (d) boy
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Godavari (c) pencil (d) Yamuna
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) country (d) festival

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