Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 316 · 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) ball (b) Mumbai (c) month (d) book
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Holi (c) January (d) girl
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) boy (c) kite (d) Nepal
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Chennai (c) elephant (d) Holi
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) mango (c) kite (d) Pune
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Godavari (c) teacher (d) Kaveri
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Diwali (c) Kenya (d) Eid
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) garden (c) Narmada (d) Nepal
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sunday (b) festival (c) ball (d) city
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) river
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Godavari (c) river (d) girl
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) month (c) boy (d) Aarav
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) month
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Manav (b) month (c) book (d) city
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) month (d) river
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Eid (c) Onam (d) Pune
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Eid (b) train (c) pencil (d) boy
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Jaipur (b) garden (c) school (d) boy
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) festival
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) month
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Monday (c) school (d) Narmada
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Kolkata (c) month (d) Diwali
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) river
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) boy (c) Friday (d) city
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diwali (b) garden (c) elephant (d) city
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) kite (c) June (d) train
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) festival (c) kite (d) Chennai
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) month
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) school (c) mango (d) Lucknow
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) boy (c) India (d) ball
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) river (c) Nepal (d) Pongal
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Pongal (c) Delhi (d) Kaveri
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) festival
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) city
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) October (c) festival (d) river
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) elephant (c) Arjun (d) pencil
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) January (c) Pongal (d) ball
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) river
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Monday (c) kite (d) festival
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) mango (c) March (d) Lucknow

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