Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 291 · 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) Mumbai (b) school (c) Kolkata (d) Monday
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) river (d) festival
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) month (c) Monday (d) river
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Japan (c) Monday (d) book
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) January (c) month (d) Kaveri
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) festival
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) girl (c) Pongal (d) city
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) country
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) river
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Diwali (c) book (d) kite
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) river (c) Sunday (d) Delhi
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) elephant (c) Diya (d) river
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) festival (c) Myra (d) pencil
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) day
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) river (d) city
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Onam (b) kite (c) elephant (d) garden
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) day (d) country
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) January (c) boy (d) October
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Japan (c) Kaveri (d) Ganga
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Monday (c) train (d) Lucknow
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) country
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Delhi (c) Narmada (d) Nepal
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Chennai (c) Godavari (d) mango
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Mumbai (c) October (d) girl
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Delhi (c) Monday (d) teacher
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Kaveri (c) ball (d) girl
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Narmada (b) festival (c) girl (d) train
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Diwali (c) elephant (d) Holi
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) day
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) kite (c) Kolkata (d) Jaipur
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) pencil (c) school (d) Ananya
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) festival (d) city
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) country
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) girl (c) June (d) city
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) festival
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) festival (c) Godavari (d) Sunday
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) pencil (c) Yash (d) teacher
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Sunday (c) kite (d) festival
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) garden (c) festival (d) Pooja
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) teacher (c) pencil (d) Kolkata

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