Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 286 · 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) train (b) Narmada (c) Kaveri (d) Mumbai
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Yamuna (c) train (d) girl
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) month (c) June (d) girl
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) river (c) Nisha (d) train
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) March (c) Narmada (d) Jaipur
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Holi (c) city (d) Godavari
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) January (c) Eid (d) June
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) river (c) Godavari (d) city
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) month
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Onam (c) Yamuna (d) pencil
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Monday (b) city (c) ball (d) garden
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) month (d) festival
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) book (c) Manav (d) boy
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) boy (c) Pune (d) garden
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) October (c) Mumbai (d) kite
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) festival (d) day
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) school (c) festival (d) Pongal
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Yash (c) festival (d) city
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) country
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) day
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Narmada (c) Onam (d) boy
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Yamuna (c) Godavari (d) girl
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) kite (c) Japan (d) train
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) river
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Kaveri (c) mango (d) Jaipur
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) teacher (c) Eid (d) Narmada
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) festival (d) month
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) city
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) day
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) festival
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) school (c) garden (d) Narmada
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Eid (c) Godavari (d) river
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Arjun (b) school (c) city (d) river
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) school (c) city (d) Kolkata
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) mango (c) Neel (d) city
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) mango (c) train (d) Dev
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Karan (c) month (d) ball
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) month
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) city
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) month (c) Isha (d) river

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