Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

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

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