Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 320 · 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) Holi (b) city (c) Yamuna (d) Japan
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) teacher (c) city (d) Lucknow
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) India (c) Yamuna (d) book
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Zoya (c) girl (d) festival
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) festival (d) city
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) country
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) pencil (c) river (d) girl
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Holi (c) March (d) boy
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) January (c) Nepal (d) month
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) train (c) Jaipur (d) girl
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) month (d) city
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Pune (c) Ganga (d) Pongal
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Kabir (c) river (d) boy
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Riya (c) mango (d) ball
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) city (d) day
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Kaveri (c) festival (d) pencil
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) festival (c) teacher (d) Mumbai
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) month (c) elephant (d) Friday
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) day
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) October (c) Japan (d) pencil
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) kite (c) June (d) river
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) river (c) Godavari (d) elephant
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) city
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) festival (d) river
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Eid (b) festival (c) train (d) kite
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) kite (c) girl (d) Onam
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) river
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) book (c) festival (d) Diwali
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) school (c) Kolkata (d) Pongal
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Kenya (c) elephant (d) Mumbai
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) festival (c) Lucknow (d) Pune
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Chennai (b) book (c) city (d) pencil
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) month (d) country
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) river
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) city
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) festival (c) teacher (d) Yamuna
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Nepal (c) Mumbai (d) ball
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) festival (c) Holi (d) train
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Narmada (c) school (d) kite

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