Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 290 · 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 proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Pongal (c) elephant (d) month
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) festival (d) day
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) teacher (c) boy (d) Ganga
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) book (c) January (d) June
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) day
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) book (c) January (d) festival
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Narmada (c) Delhi (d) elephant
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Pune (c) river (d) pencil
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) city
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Monday (c) river (d) Mumbai
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) girl (c) school (d) Chennai
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Nepal (c) Onam (d) pencil
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) river
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Dev (c) boy (d) city
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nepal (b) city (c) month (d) festival
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Aisha (b) school (c) boy (d) kite
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) river (c) festival (d) Delhi
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) day
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diwali (b) pencil (c) ball (d) city
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Pongal (c) Lucknow (d) month
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) day (d) month
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) ball (c) river (d) Kabir
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Friday (c) Pune (d) Holi
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) month (d) city
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Pune (c) Lucknow (d) October
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) month (d) festival
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) festival (c) Lucknow (d) Eid
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) pencil (c) Onam (d) river
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) mango (d) June
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) country
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Yamuna (c) Diwali (d) October
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) school (c) Holi (d) garden
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Friday (c) Onam (d) train
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Monday (c) Holi (d) boy
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) city (c) mango (d) Priya
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) day
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) school (c) Narmada (d) Delhi
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) city
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Narmada (c) teacher (d) Godavari
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) city

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