Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 315 · 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) mango (b) pencil (c) kite (d) Nepal
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Pongal (c) Narmada (d) Jaipur
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kenya (b) river (c) pencil (d) ball
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Kaveri (c) Lucknow (d) city
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) month (d) day
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) boy (c) Eid (d) Lucknow
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) country
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) January (c) river (d) elephant
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) festival
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) girl (c) Jaipur (d) Yamuna
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) October (c) Kenya (d) Kaveri
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) city
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) ball (c) teacher (d) Diya
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) month (c) Monday (d) teacher
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Monday (c) India (d) June
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Ganga (c) elephant (d) Holi
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Diwali (c) pencil (d) river
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Sunday (c) Kolkata (d) school
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Holi (c) Onam (d) October
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) India (c) teacher (d) Godavari
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) river (c) ball (d) Kaveri
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) train (c) Kunal (d) kite
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) India (c) ball (d) book
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Mumbai (c) Pongal (d) Pune
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) month
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) festival (c) teacher (d) Kolkata
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) boy (c) elephant (d) Chennai
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) June (c) mango (d) ball
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) boy (c) kite (d) Yamuna
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) country
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) October (c) mango (d) Chennai
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) October (c) festival (d) Chennai
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) festival (d) river
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) city
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) month (c) mango (d) Jaipur
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) river
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) day
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) pencil (c) festival (d) Priya
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) school (c) ball (d) Saanvi
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Yamuna (c) Delhi (d) Diwali

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