Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 285 · 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) Godavari (b) Jaipur (c) boy (d) Kolkata
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) March (c) Narmada (d) Holi
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) teacher (c) Jaipur (d) Holi
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) river
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) country
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) city
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) festival
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) train (c) Dev (d) boy
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) country
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) month (d) river
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) March (c) Narmada (d) Jaipur
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nisha (b) mango (c) school (d) month
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) river
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) festival
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Chennai (b) ball (c) girl (d) river
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) ball (c) girl (d) pencil
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) ball (c) Mumbai (d) festival
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) ball (c) Lucknow (d) Pune
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) festival
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Pongal (c) train (d) Onam
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) January (b) river (c) city (d) month
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) festival (c) Delhi (d) Lucknow
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) city
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) train (c) elephant (d) Narmada
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) month
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Kenya (c) city (d) Nepal
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) country
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nepal (b) train (c) month (d) ball
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) festival (d) day
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Zoya (c) train (d) city
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) river
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) river (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Pongal (c) garden (d) ball
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) river (c) Monday (d) festival
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) March (c) girl (d) June
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) river
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) October (c) train (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) January (c) Friday (d) kite
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) river (d) city
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) country (d) festival

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