Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 314 · 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) Narmada (b) Eid (c) January (d) kite
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) October (b) kite (c) month (d) ball
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Holi (c) elephant (d) kite
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) month
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) train (c) Manav (d) book
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) book (c) Nisha (d) city
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) festival (c) girl (d) Pooja
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) girl (c) Lucknow (d) city
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Nepal (c) teacher (d) elephant
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) kite (c) festival (d) Eid
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) school (c) Kenya (d) Nepal
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Pune (c) girl (d) Monday
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Chennai (b) festival (c) elephant (d) train
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Yamuna (c) mango (d) Godavari
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Kenya (c) teacher (d) Yamuna
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) river
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) festival (c) pencil (d) Kenya
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) city
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) country
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) day
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) city (c) Farhan (d) train
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) river
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Chennai (c) Mumbai (d) city
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) month (c) Diwali (d) Lucknow
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) boy (c) Aarav (d) river
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) book (c) teacher (d) Diwali
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) river (d) day
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) river
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) river (c) kite (d) Saanvi
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) January (c) ball (d) book
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Jaipur (c) city (d) month
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Mumbai (c) March (d) train
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) month
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Jaipur (c) Mumbai (d) Japan
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) mango (c) Delhi (d) festival
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) girl (c) city (d) Japan
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Pune (c) book (d) festival
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) day
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) teacher (c) kite (d) Kavya
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Isha (b) train (c) school (d) teacher

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