Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 317 · 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) city (b) ball (c) elephant (d) Manav
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) river
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Japan (c) Delhi (d) book
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pooja (b) book (c) pencil (d) river
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) month
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Nepal (c) river (d) Narmada
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Mumbai (c) month (d) Holi
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) October (c) Jaipur (d) Diwali
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) festival
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) pencil (c) school (d) Friday
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Eid (b) elephant (c) boy (d) train
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) river
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) girl (c) Yamuna (d) city
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) train (c) kite (d) India
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) festival (d) day
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) mango (c) Yamuna (d) Diwali
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Monday (c) Nepal (d) teacher
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) kite (c) Japan (d) June
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Jaipur (c) March (d) Mumbai
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) January (c) Sunday (d) Godavari
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) country
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) month
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) pencil (c) Yamuna (d) Ganga
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) mango (c) Ira (d) festival
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) teacher (c) elephant (d) city
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) river
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Mumbai (c) Diwali (d) garden
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Japan (c) Jaipur (d) Kolkata
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) festival (c) Jaipur (d) Japan
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Godavari (c) city (d) river
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Kavya (c) river (d) mango
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) kite (c) city (d) Jaipur
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) river
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) teacher (c) boy (d) Mumbai
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) city
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) day (d) river
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) city (c) Meera (d) ball
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) river
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Monday (b) garden (c) girl (d) teacher
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) festival

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