Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 310 · 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) June (b) Ganga (c) month (d) Yamuna
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) school (c) Diwali (d) river
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Monday (b) river (c) boy (d) teacher
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) kite (c) March (d) book
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Pongal (c) Diwali (d) city
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) book (c) Narmada (d) ball
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) month (d) country
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) day
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Kolkata (c) river (d) Ganga
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) January (c) girl (d) Ganga
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Pongal (c) Nepal (d) October
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) city (d) country
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) festival
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Friday (b) mango (c) kite (d) garden
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Ganga (c) boy (d) teacher
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Aarav (c) river (d) pencil
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) pencil (c) train (d) Omkar
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) country
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) city (c) teacher (d) book
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Pongal (c) book (d) teacher
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) garden (c) pencil (d) Tara
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Isha (c) festival (d) boy
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) river
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) river
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Mumbai (c) kite (d) mango
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) country
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Kabir (c) boy (d) pencil
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) girl (c) kite (d) Lucknow
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) river (c) Yamuna (d) mango
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) June (b) river (c) girl (d) ball
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) river (c) pencil (d) October
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Aditya (c) teacher (d) river
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Mumbai (c) school (d) Lucknow
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) festival (c) Yash (d) elephant
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Kolkata (c) Yamuna (d) Onam
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) Jaipur (c) March (d) Lucknow
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) India (c) Pune (d) pencil
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) country
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Kavya (c) city (d) garden
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Saanvi (b) train (c) elephant (d) kite

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