Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 302 · 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) Sunday (c) Holi (d) Nepal
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Nepal (c) Ganga (d) ball
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) day (d) city
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) month (d) city
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) day
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Jaipur (c) festival (d) Sunday
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) river (c) elephant (d) Sneha
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) elephant (c) pencil (d) Mumbai
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) March (c) festival (d) train
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) month
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Saanvi (b) city (c) boy (d) girl
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) school (c) Godavari (d) Ganga
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) festival (c) city (d) Holi
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) boy (c) Kolkata (d) Mumbai
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) pencil (c) Eid (d) January
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Nepal (c) book (d) Pongal
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) day
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) river (c) Lucknow (d) kite
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) kite (c) Kolkata (d) train
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) June (c) school (d) city
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) river (c) school (d) October
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Ganga (c) Sunday (d) Delhi
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) city (d) river
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) mango (c) India (d) Jaipur
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) ball (c) train (d) Kunal
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) ball (c) teacher (d) Sunday
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Ganga (c) festival (d) mango
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Kenya (c) garden (d) Lucknow
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Eid (b) festival (c) garden (d) girl
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) day
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) teacher (c) Narmada (d) city
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) day
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) garden (c) Onam (d) train
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) elephant (c) Diwali (d) girl
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) teacher (c) Delhi (d) pencil
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kabir (b) book (c) pencil (d) girl
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Pune (c) kite (d) month
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Delhi (c) Eid (d) Pune
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) river (d) month
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Onam (c) Kaveri (d) kite

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