Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 288 · 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) Eid (b) Pune (c) girl (d) Monday
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) ball (c) Monday (d) Diwali
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) book (c) Mumbai (d) festival
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Yamuna (c) pencil (d) kite
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nepal (b) girl (c) garden (d) book
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Mumbai (c) Pune (d) school
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) ball (c) teacher (d) Dev
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) river
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Jaipur (b) train (c) girl (d) festival
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) day
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) month (d) city
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Delhi (c) Chennai (d) Holi
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) festival (c) Yamuna (d) Onam
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) city
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) festival (d) month
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) teacher (c) Sunday (d) Yamuna
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) country
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) ball (c) Pune (d) city
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) train (c) January (d) Kenya
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) country (d) city
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diwali (b) kite (c) river (d) boy
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Chennai (c) Mumbai (d) Monday
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) elephant (c) India (d) mango
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) teacher (c) festival (d) Pongal
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) January (c) March (d) Eid
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Nepal (c) Kolkata (d) Kaveri
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) day
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) mango (c) kite (d) Japan
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) boy (c) Sunday (d) kite
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) boy (c) elephant (d) Ganga
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) month (c) Friday (d) city
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) day (d) river
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Delhi (b) boy (c) river (d) school
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Holi (c) city (d) Yamuna
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) kite (c) Narmada (d) boy
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Priya (c) city (d) pencil
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Ganga (c) Chennai (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) river (c) Riya (d) city
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) train (c) garden (d) month
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) festival

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